Livingstone Academy Bournemouth, Bournemouth

In 2026, pupils at Livingstone Academy Bournemouth averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.2 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and 47 across England.

42% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and 47% in England.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.9, against 46.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 17 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 164 families put Livingstone Academy Bournemouth as their first choice and 497 named it as one of their preferences, for 136 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 45 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Livingstone Academy Bournemouth are Bournemouth School (1.8 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 71.2); The Bishop of Winchester Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); Glenmoor Academy (1.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59.3); and Winton Academy (1.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.1).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Livingstone Academy Bournemouth.

Livingstone Academy Bournemouth is one of 16 schools run by Aspirations Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.2 in 2024/25.

51% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (30%), Black (13%) and Mixed (11%).

The nearest railway station is Bournemouth Rail Station, about 480 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cranborne House (n-bound), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 967 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (223), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Livingstone Academy Bournemouth issued 68 suspensions, 8.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Livingstone Academy Bournemouth are Malmesbury Park Primary School (0.6 miles), Bethany Church of England Junior School (0.9 miles), St Michael's Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.