Livingstone Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Barnet
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.408 miles
Published by London Borough of Barnet · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2015–2026 (miles)
Livingstone Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Barnet for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 13 December 2023. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Livingstone Primary and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.408 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.287 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.432 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 67 first-choice applications for 28 offers, 2.4 first choices per offer, the highest of 84 Barnet primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 28 offers went to first-choice families and 39 first-choice families (58%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.408 miles away, further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2015.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Outstanding (13 December 2023); in 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barnet schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Baring Road, New Barnet, Barnet, EN4 9BU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 258 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 13 December 2023
Strengths
- “Everyone thrives in this school.”
- “Right from the start of early years, there is an ethos of placing no limits on pupils’ achievement and personal development.”
- “Staff make a huge effort to include all pupils in every aspect of school life.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 67 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barnet.
- Cromer Road Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trent CofE Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Danegrove Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Monken Hadley CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Catherine's RC School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Church Hill School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monkfrith Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published