Livingstone Road Junior School
Livingstone Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 3DX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Executive Head of Federation
- Mrs Claire Addis
- Sponsor
- Hamwic Education Trust
- Constituency
- Poole
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 144602
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 012027806806
About this school
Livingstone Road Junior School is a primary academy in Poole. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 204 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Livingstone Road Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 52 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 52% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 73% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 67% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 69% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Livingstone Road Junior 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 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 59% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 231 |
| 2023/24 | 232 |
| 2024/25 | 221 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Livingstone Road Junior School compares
Livingstone Road Junior School ranked 45th of 52 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 6.8% | 38.5% | 204 | — |
| Livingstone Road Infant School | — | 5.9% | 32.7% | 199 | 0.1 miles |
| Courthill Infant School | — | 4% | 12% | 354 | 0.8 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 | 1.0 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
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 19 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.46%
- English as an additional language
- 14.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.78%
- Persistent absence
- 16.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Livingstone Road Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Poole
-
Courthill Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Poole
-
Heatherlands Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Poole
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole0.9 miles
Primary · Poole
-
Ocean Academy Poole1.0 miles
Primary · Poole
Other schools in Poole
Livingstone Road Junior School ranks 16th of the 18 ranked primary 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 ages does Livingstone Road Junior School teach?
- Livingstone Road Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Poole.
- Who is the executive head of federation of Livingstone Road Junior School?
- The executive head of federation of Livingstone Road Junior School is Mrs Claire Addis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Livingstone Road Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Livingstone Road Junior 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 many pupils are at Livingstone Road Junior School?
- Livingstone Road Junior School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Livingstone Road Junior School full?
- Livingstone Road Junior School has capacity for 600 pupils and 204 on roll (34%), 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 Junior School a faith school?
- No. Livingstone Road Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Livingstone Road Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Livingstone Road Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Livingstone Road Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Livingstone Road Junior 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.
- How have Livingstone Road Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Livingstone Road Junior School compare with other schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?
- Livingstone Road Junior School ranked 45th of 52 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Livingstone Road Junior School's absence rate?
- Livingstone Road Junior School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Livingstone Road Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Livingstone Road Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 10 July 2026.