Pennington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Lymington, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Pennington Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Lymington, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Pennington Church of England Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire that have results.
- For Reception 2026, there were 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Priestlands Road, Pennington, Lymington, SO41 8HX
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to this welcoming school.”
- “A shared culture of high expectations permeates throughout.”
- “They strive to be ‘the best that they can be’.”
To improve
- “However, there are still some examples when teachers are not clear about the most important knowledge that pupils must know before new information is introduced.”
- “For example, sometimes, in design and technology and in physical education, the subject knowledge that pupils must learn has not been specified.”
- “When this is the case, teachers cannot check on and address what pupils do not know and cannot do accurately enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 February 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 48% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Lymington Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Lymington Church of England Infant School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- William Gilpin Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- South Baddesley Church of England Primary School & Nursery 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published