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Livingstone Academy Bournemouth

Madeira Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1PA

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ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)93.2%
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils1006

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 20 May 2024.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BH1. Where we have them, council (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1006
Free school meals
26.1%
8.8% below district average (34.9%)

Also: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 19.1% · England 24%

SEN
17.9%
1.1% below district average (19%)

Also: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 19.9% · England 19.6%

EAL
52.5%
0.8% above district average (51.7%)
Attendance
93.2% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.8% below district average (94%)

Also: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 93.6% · England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BH1 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

20.1%

2.5% above England (17.6%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 93.5%
    2021/22
  • 93.1%
    2022/23
  • 93.1%
    2023/24
  • 93.2%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 164 families put this school first. 119 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
164
First-preference offers
119
First preferences offered a place
72.6%
Total offers
136
Named on any preference
497

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1510
Pupils on roll
1006

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.9%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Livingstone Academy Bournemouth

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in BH1 · Schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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