Livingstone Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Bedford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.32 miles
Published by Bedford Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Livingstone Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Livingstone Primary 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 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.32 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 10 Bedford primary schools with a published last distance (middle 0.88 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 69 first-choice applications for 59 offers: 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 49% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bedford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Clapham Road, Bedford, MK41 7LG
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “There is a strong culture of respect.”
- “New arrivals are welcomed quickly into this inclusive school.”
- “Pupils’ well-being is a priority from the moment they start.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, teachers do not give pupils the most effective support to improve their work, so pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “While many pupils achieve well, leaders are continuing to act to improve pupils’ learning.”
- “However, some teachers do not always give pupils sufficient opportunities to hear and repeat new sounds.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2023 (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) | 49% | 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: 69 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 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 Bedford.
- Edith Cavell Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Great Ouse Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen's Park Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Scott Primary School & Nursery 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brickhill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published