Livingstone Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Livingstone Primary School excels at creating a welcoming, respectful community where every child receives the care and attention needed to thrive. The leadership team has successfully improved teaching across the school, with particularly strong results in reading and mathematics. The school provides effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with additional needs, helping them to catch up quickly and achieve well.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional progress in reading and mathematics at the end of Year 6, with high attainment in grammar, punctuation and spelling
- Strong improvements in writing teaching over the last two years, with pupils now writing with greater fluency and technical accuracy
- Disadvantaged pupils making faster progress, with differences in achievement quickly diminishing
- Robust safeguarding practices with a culture of vigilance across the school
- Early years children making rapid progress with improved outdoor provision and higher expectations
Areas for Improvement
- Need to continue embedding improvements in writing until all pupils consistently make rapid progress
- Science teaching requires development with better assessment and tracking systems needed
- Science attainment currently lower than other subjects and pupils' progress cannot be clearly measured
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective, with robust practices, a culture of vigilance, enhanced training for the designated safeguarding team, and thorough records.
Livingstone Primary School continues to be good, with strong leadership that has maintained educational quality since the last inspection in 2012. The school has an aspirational ethos built on warm relationships and the motto 'Grow, learn, achieve together'.
At a Glance
21.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 87% to 97%. Maths has improved from 87% to 100%. Writing has improved from 65% to 83%.
Class Sizes
28.0
Avg class size
29.3
Infant (KS1)
28.3
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
91%
Near capacity
218 pupils
240 capacity
22 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Ashton-under-Lyne
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Admissions Demand - Tameside
Places available
3,065
Applications
2,347
Got 1st preference
95.4%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Tameside (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.1556%
Overall absence
6.25%
Persistent absence
176
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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