Livingstone Primary School

About Livingstone Primary School

Livingstone Primary School sits within Tameside, a local authority where only one primary school currently holds an Outstanding Ofsted rating. Livingstone itself ranks 25th out of 57 primary schools in the borough on the key stage 2 expected standard measure, placing it comfortably in the top half. The top-performing peers in the area are Broadbottom Church of England Primary School, St Raphael's Catholic Primary School, and St John's CofE Primary School in Dukinfield, all of which score higher on the same metric. Livingstone is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It has no religious character and is led by headteacher Rebecca Willard. The school is popular locally: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 52 applications for just 24 places, and all 24 first-preference families were offered a spot, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.17. That level of demand suggests it is a well-regarded choice among Tameside families.

Academically, Livingstone performs solidly against local benchmarks. In the 2023/24 key stage 2 assessments, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is three percentage points above the Tameside average of 62%. The school’s strongest individual subject was maths, where 87% of pupils met the expected standard and 26% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 107. Reading was similarly strong, with 87% at expected and 26% at higher, and an average score of 106. Writing was the weaker area: 65% met the expected standard and none reached the higher standard. Nationally, Livingstone ranks in the 44th percentile among all primary schools, and in the North West it sits around the 42nd percentile. Its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in 2012, rated the school Good overall, with Good for leadership and management. An ungraded inspection in March 2022 confirmed the school remains Good. That is a clear improvement from the previous inspection in 2010, which rated it Requires Improvement.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a dining hall, library, art studios, gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, and a forest school. Sports on offer include tennis, cricket, athletics, netball, dance, gymnastics and rounders, and there are clubs for chess, gardening, coding, drama and choir. Livingstone has a substantial SEND provision, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, and other difficulties. This makes it a potentially good fit for families whose children need targeted support in a mainstream setting. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Millbrook Primary School, 2.1 km away, which may be worth a look for families prioritising that top grade. Livingstone suits families who want a well-subscribed, Good-rated community primary with strong maths and reading outcomes, a nursery, and a wide range of enrichment activities.

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