Lydlynch Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Southampton, Hampshire
Lydlynch Infant School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Lydlynch Road,, Totton, Southampton, SO40 3DW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 112 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at this inclusive and friendly school.”
- “The school has high expectations of all pupils’ achievement from the Reception Year onwards.”
- “The school fosters a love of learning from when children begin school in Reception and pupils engage fully with their learning activities.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, there are inconsistencies in how well the curriculum is implemented.”
- “This is because some activity choices or learning materials do not closely align with the intentions of the curriculum.”
- “This affects how well some pupils learn the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 42 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2019 to 2026, as Hampshire published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Abbotswood Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Oakfield Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Eling Infant School and Nursery 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hazel Wood Infant School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Calmore Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Calmore Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Foxhills Infant School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Foxhills Junior School 1.2 mi Standards maintained