David Livingstone Academy
Primary schoolDavid Livingstone Academy is a primary school in Croydon, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 198 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, July 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 9 July 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 88% of pupils at David Livingstone Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 68% in Croydon and 62% in England.
12% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 88% | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 12% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 106 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)130 m
- Harris Academy Beulah HillSecondary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)520 m
- Beulah Junior SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Beulah Infants' SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023620 m
- St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)650 m
- Downsview Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Croydon
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).