Livingstone Primary School
Clapham Road, Bedford, MK41 7LG
457 pupils · 103% of 444 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The Leap Community Trust
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Free school meals
- 36%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 March 2023, published 18 May 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 49% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 59 | 69 | 151 | 59 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 59 | 57 | 128 | 59 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 53 | 121 | 56 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 59 | 66 | 135 | 59 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 57 | 50 | 102 | 57 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 56 | 46 | 86 | 55 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 59 | 109 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 49 | 40 | 111 | 48 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Edith Cavell Primary School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Priory Primary School 0.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Great Ouse Primary Academy 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Queen's Park Academy 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Westfield Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.