Lyminge Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.297 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lyminge Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lyminge 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 | 5.297 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 in 2026 lived 5.297 miles away, the 91st longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Church Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8JA
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this friendly, kind and caring school.”
- “Pupils, parents and staff all speak of the school as one big family.”
- “They are very happy, behave extremely well and are safe at school.”
To improve
- “The school has correctly identified that this process is not as well developed in other subjects.”
- “In these areas, teachers do not have as much clarity about pupils’ understanding of key knowledge over time in order to support pupils to retain that knowledge.”
- “It is not yet fully embedded or consistent in all classes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 December 2023 (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) | 50% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 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.
- Elham Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stowting Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Churchill School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harcourt Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saltwood CofE Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cheriton Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hawkinge Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published