Lighthorne Heath Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
16.173 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lighthorne Heath Primary School is a primary school in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Lighthorne Heath 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 | 16.173 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
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 16.173 miles away, the 6th longest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Reception entry there were 15 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 170 Warwickshire primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Warwickshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Stratford Road, Lighthorne Heath, Leamington Spa, CV33 9TW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 120 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “Lighthorne Heath is a friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families well.”
- “They look after pupils and make sure they feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils need more help to become fluent readers.”
- “They say that bullying sometimes happens and they know what to do when it does.”
- “However, for younger pupils in mixed-age classes and for those who are behind where they should be, too much teaching does not match what they need to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2022 (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: 15 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 15 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 Warwickshire.
- Moreton Morrell CofE Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harbury CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishops Itchington Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kineton Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Temple Herdewyke Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wellesbourne CofE Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St. Margaret's CofE Junior School 4.7 mi Good
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