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Livingstone Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Barnet · EN4 9BU

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 13 December 2023

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At a glance

258 pupils · 85% of 305 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
38.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
13.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
livingstoneprimaryschool.org
URN
101289

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 67 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 2.39 first choices per place. We hold 11 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 13 December 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

2.39 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 67 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: defined priority area. Inside it, last place at 0.408 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Living in defined area
0.408 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
21%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers52%
Barnet average73%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Knollmead Primary SchoolSurbiton · 20 miles awayOutstanding52%
Westlea Primary SchoolSwindon · 71 miles awayGood50%
South View Junior SchoolBasingstoke · 47 miles awayGood56%
Barn Croft Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood68%
Quest Primary SchoolSouth Croydon · 22 miles awayGood44%
Highfield Community Primary SchoolChorley · 172 miles awayGood64%
Brampton Primary SchoolChesterfield · 122 miles awayRequires improvement21%
Tregolls AcademyTruro · 233 miles awayNeeds attention47%
Athelney Primary SchoolLondon · 16 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Colville Primary SchoolCambridge · 40 miles awayGood62%
Kentish Town Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding70%
Guildford Grove Primary SchoolGuildford · 34 miles awayGood52%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
17 of 14 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 32% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 28% (Barnet 24%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Barnet 6%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Barnet 13%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Barnet 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Barnet 5%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Barnet 4%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Barnet 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barnet: 0.85 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £69,996; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£11,025
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £830,120; in-year balance +£16,233

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier54.4%62.3%
Social housing30.8%17.1%
Privately rented14.6%20.5%
Detached houses4.2%22.9%
Flats37.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000167 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£485,000335 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£340,000–£675,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£870,000
Semi-detached (83)£675,000
Terraced (67)£510,000
Flat (151)£325,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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