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Livingstone Road Infant School

PrimaryAges 2–7Academy

Poole, BH12 3DT · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority

Poole’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England

Getting in
53/53
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
199 pupils
44% of its 450 places
Free school meals
25%
25 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Livingstone Road Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 199 pupils for 450 places
  • Ofsted report card, May 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (53 of 53)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH12 3) sold for a median £310,000; Poole’s is £339,975
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Livingstone Road Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

53
families put it first for September 2026
55
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2022 (11), 2024 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Hamwic Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Poole, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.48 per place
65% got their first choice
1.12 per place
86% got their first choice
1.11 per place
89% got their first choice
1.03 per place
93% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
98% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
Livingstone Road Infant
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

216 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
15.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
15.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
32.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 47%Boys 53%
Its letter

No letter for Livingstone Road Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting May 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, November 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Livingstone Road Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BH12 3, the school’s postcode sector

Poole property prices →
£310,000
median sale, 330 sales in 36 months · Poole £339,975

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025BH12 3Poole
BH12 3Poole

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£340K
Semi-detached
£320K
Terraced
£288K
Flat
£180K
BH12 3Poole

Homes in BH12 3 sell for a little under Poole’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−DB−B−B−A−C−A−B+B−B+C−B−C+Livingstone Road Infant Sch…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Poole, BH12 3DT

Livingstone Road Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Livingstone Road Infant School?

For September 2026, 53 families put Livingstone Road Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 55 places were offered in all.

What is Livingstone Road Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (May 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Livingstone Road Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH12 3, sold for a median £310,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (330 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Poole’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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