Livingstone Road Infant School
Livingstone Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 3DT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Head of School
- Mrs Claire Addis
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Hamwic Education Trust
- Constituency
- Poole
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- URN
- 144554
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01202806806
About this school
Livingstone Road Infant School is a primary academy in Poole. It teaches children aged 2 to 7 and has 199 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
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- Achievement
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- Attendance and behaviour
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- Personal development and wellbeing
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- Leadership and governance
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- Early years
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- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Livingstone Road Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 262 |
| 2023/24 | 243 |
| 2024/25 | 216 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Livingstone Road Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 32.7% | 199 | — |
| Livingstone Road Junior School | 52% | 6.8% | 38.5% | 204 | 0.1 miles |
| Courthill Infant School | — | 4% | 12% | 354 | 0.7 miles |
| Heatherlands Primary School | 58% | 5% | 30.3% | 616 | 0.8 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole | 64% | 6.4% | 19.7% | 370 | 0.9 miles |
| Ocean Academy Poole | 68% | 4.9% | 29.3% | 325 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.69%
- English as an additional language
- 15.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.91%
- Persistent absence
- 22.12%
Location
Nearby schools
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Livingstone Road Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Poole
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Courthill Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Poole
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Heatherlands Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Poole
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole0.9 miles
Primary · Poole
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Ocean Academy Poole0.9 miles
Primary · Poole
Other schools in Poole
- Ad Astra Infant School Primary
- Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bayside Academy Primary
- Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Canford Heath Infant School Primary
- Canford Heath Junior School Primary
- Courthill Infant School Primary
- Hamworthy Park Junior School Primary
- Haymoor Junior School Primary
- Heatherlands Primary School Primary
- Hillbourne Primary School Primary
- Lilliput Church of England Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Livingstone Road Infant School teach?
- Livingstone Road Infant School teaches children aged 2 to 7. It is a primary school in Poole.
- Who is the head of school of Livingstone Road Infant School?
- The head of school of Livingstone Road Infant School is Mrs Claire Addis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Livingstone Road Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Livingstone Road Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Livingstone Road Infant School?
- Livingstone Road Infant School has 199 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 7.
- Is Livingstone Road Infant School full?
- Livingstone Road Infant School has capacity for 450 pupils and 199 on roll (44%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Livingstone Road Infant School a faith school?
- No. Livingstone Road Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Livingstone Road Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Livingstone Road Infant School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Livingstone Road Infant School?
- Livingstone Road Infant School is part of HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Livingstone Road Infant School's absence rate?
- Livingstone Road Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Livingstone Road Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Livingstone Road Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.