Lydden Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Dover, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.655 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lydden Primary School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 17 December 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lydden 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 | 6.655 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 6.655 miles away, the 61st longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; it was further in 2026 than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 5 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Stonehall, Lydden, Dover, CT15 7LA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 68 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 17 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in the care and high expectations of this small rural school.”
- “The school expects the best of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and or/disabilities (SEND).”
- “This is evident in the attitudes and work of the pupils themselves.”
To improve
- “However, for some pupils the transition between curriculums has left some gaps in what they know.”
- “The school has a thorough plan for addressing this but has not yet finished the transition.”
- “Consequently, a few pupils do have some gaps in their learning, but the school is in the process of identifying and closing these.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 2025 (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) | 75% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 5 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 Kent.
- Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Shepherdswell Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- River Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whitfield Aspen School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Green Park Community Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Selsted Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published