Livingstone Academy Bournemouth
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–19 · Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.023 miles
Published by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Reception 2024: 1.178 mi
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Livingstone Academy Bournemouth is an all-through school in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 4–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 and Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Livingstone Academy Bournemouth 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.023 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 1.178 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 164 first-choice applications for 136 offers; 119 offers went to first-choice families, and 45 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.023 miles away, further than in 2025, about the same as in 2023, and never far from the previous year.
- For Reception in 2024, the last child offered a place lived 1.178 miles from the school.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Good (16 April 2024); of the 8 nearest other schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1 is Outstanding, 1 Good and 6 have no current grade.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Madeira Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1PA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Pupils on roll
- 1,006 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “The school has very high aspiration for what pupils can achieve.”
- “All aspects of school life support pupils’ character and wider development.”
- “Staff nurture pupils and know them well.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes they do not check that all pupils have fully understood new learning before moving on.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not build their knowledge securely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 62 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 164 first-preference applications, 136 offers in total, 119 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- Kings Bournemouth 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Martin's School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Linwood School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Park School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Talbot Heath School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bournemouth Collegiate School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Victoria Education Centre 2.2 mi Standards maintained
- Tregonwell Academy 2.3 mi School remains Outstanding