Livingstone Road Junior SchoolHeatherlands Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Poole.

Summary of the comparison

Livingstone Road Junior School and Heatherlands Primary School are primary schools in Poole.

  • Livingstone Road Junior School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Heatherlands Primary School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Heatherlands Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Livingstone Road Junior School was judged the expected standard and Heatherlands Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 52.0% for Livingstone Road Junior School and 58.0% for Heatherlands Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Livingstone Road Junior School (51.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Heatherlands Primary School (57.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Livingstone Road Junior School versus Heatherlands Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure PooleLivingstone Road Junior SchoolPooleHeatherlands Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD51/100D52/100Stronger figure
Local ranking39th of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 38th of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll221 624
Capacity600 630
LocationPoole, BH12 3DX Poole, BH12 2BG
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard52.0% 58.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard2.0% 6.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 104.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census221 624
Free school meals (ever 6)38.5% 30.3%
English as an additional language14.9% 21.3%
SEN support12.7% 13.5%
SEN with an EHC plan2.7% 3.2%
Attendance
Overall absence6.8% 5.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence16.5% 10.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Livingstone Road Junior School

Heatherlands Primary School

Full profiles: Livingstone Road Junior School · Heatherlands Primary School