Priestlands School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Lymington, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.12 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Priestlands School is a secondary school in Lymington, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Priestlands 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 4.12 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 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 Year 7 place in 2026 lived 4.12 miles away, the 13th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2021, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 247 first-choice applications for 245 offers; 239 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 51% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- North Street, Pennington, Lymington, SO41 8FZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 February 2023
Strengths
- “The school has a welcoming and inclusive ethos.”
- “Staff take time to get to know pupils as individuals.”
- “Leaders are rightly proud of the positive relationships between staff and pupils.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, there are inconsistencies in how well the curriculum is taught.”
- “As a result, some pupils, including some disadvantaged and pupils with SEND, do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, the conduct of a small number of pupils, particularly at social times, does not meet leaders’ high expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 247 first-preference applications, 245 offers in total, 239 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- The Arnewood School 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Applemore College 9.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lift New Forest 9.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Noadswood School 9.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hounsdown School 10.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ringwood School Academy 12.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Testwood School 12.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hamble School 12.9 mi Not judged Last distance published