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Livingstone Primary School

URN
106210
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Livingstone Primary School
URN
106210
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

73 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

85

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

78

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of primary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#17 of 64 schools in Tameside

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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  • Alternative schools
  • Admissions warnings

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Crime & Safety

Safety information unavailable.

Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.
  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Livingstone Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Livingstone Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
12 May 2022
Inspection date
17 March 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 12 May 2022

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

24

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

52

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

24

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.17×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Tameside
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Tameside)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.livingstone.tameside.sch.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Tameside to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

97.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

83.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

100.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

79.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

OL5 0AP - Valeside, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Valeside, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Postcode
OL5 0AP
Phone
1457832495
Website
www.livingstone.tameside.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Tameside
Local authority code
357

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 221 schools in Tameside.

Authority statistics

Total schools

221

Open schools

110

Closed schools

111

Primary schools

143

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
12 May 202217 March 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 12 May 2022
  • School remains Good

    Published
    12 May 2022
    Inspected
    17 March 2022
    Type
    -
    Report
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

Offer rate

46.2%

Offers as a share of applications

First preference offers: 24

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

Writing progress

Not published

Maths progress

Maths progress

Not published

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

Secondary schools

37

Special schools

0

Phase distribution

  • Primary143 (65.9%)
  • Secondary37 (17.1%)
  • Special0 (0.0%)
  • Other37 (17.1%)

Nearby schools

School nameDistancePhaseStatus
St Joseph's RC Primary School342 mPrimaryOpen
St George's CofE Primary School360 mPrimaryClosed
St George's CofE Primary School360 mPrimaryOpen
Milton St John's CofE Primary School823 mPrimaryOpen
Hollins Nursery School862 mNurseryClosed
All Saints CofE Infant School958 mPrimaryClosed
Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School967 mPrimaryOpen
Micklehurst Community Junior School967 mPrimaryClosed
Mossley Hollins High School1.3 kmSecondaryOpen
Mossley Hollins High School1.3 kmSecondaryClosed
  • St Joseph's RC Primary School
    Distance
    342 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St George's CofE Primary School
    Distance
    360 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St George's CofE Primary School
    Distance
    360 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Milton St John's CofE Primary School
    Distance
    823 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open

Similar schools

Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Tameside)

School namePhasePostcodeStatus
Aldwyn Primary SchoolPrimaryM34 5SFClosed
Aldwyn Primary SchoolPrimaryM34 5SFOpen
All Saints CofE Infant SchoolPrimaryOL5 9JFClosed
Arlies Primary SchoolPrimarySK15 1HQOpen
Arundale Primary SchoolPrimarySK14 6PWOpen
  • Aldwyn Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    M34 5SF
    Status
    Closed
  • Aldwyn Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    M34 5SF
    Status
    Open
  • All Saints CofE Infant School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    OL5 9JF
    Status
    Closed
  • Arlies Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    SK15 1HQ
    Status
    Open
  • Arundale Primary School
Hollins Nursery School
Distance
862 m
Phase
Nursery
Status
Closed
  • All Saints CofE Infant School
    Distance
    958 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School
    Distance
    967 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Micklehurst Community Junior School
    Distance
    967 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Mossley Hollins High School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Mossley Hollins High School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    SK14 6PW
    Status
    Open