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Livingstone Road Infant School

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personMrs Claire Addis

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location_onPoole, BH12 3DT

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2013

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Students

262

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Livingstone Road Infant School is a Academy converter primary school in Poole, serving ages 2-7. Rated Good by Ofsted.

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School Summary

Livingstone Road Infant School is an academy converter in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, admitting pupils aged 2-7. It is part of HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST. The school has approximately 216 pupils on roll, of whom 33% are eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2013. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 30.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 5.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2013-12-03

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2012-02-22

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.4%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 216 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	216	4	1.9%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	219	20	9.1%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	238	20	8.4%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	243	10	4.1%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	244	20	8.2%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	261	8	3.1%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	262	5	1.9%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	254	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	239	7	2.9%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	238	10	4.2%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	230	6	2.6%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	240	1	0.4%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	237	4	1.7%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	241	2	0.8%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	229	1	0.4%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	229	3	1.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	230	1	0.4%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	266	3	1.1%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	266	4	1.5%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	265	1	0.4%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	266	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	267	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	273	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 29 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 6 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 2 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils

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Livingstone Road Infant School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Ofsted History

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Inspection History

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Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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