Lydd Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Romney Marsh, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
10.956 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lydd Primary School is a primary school in Romney Marsh, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lydd 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 | 10.956 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 10.956 miles away, the 35th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- 2024/25: 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- Reception entry in 2026: 16 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 49.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.7% across 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
- 20 Skinner Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9HW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “At the heart of Lydd Primary School is a strong sense of serving the community.”
- “Pupils animatedly discuss what they have learned from trips to the local church and Lydd Town Museum.”
- “They are equally enthusiastic about the historical figures that they have been taught about in the curriculum and the inspirational speakers who have visited their school.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils, including some pupils with SEND, do not learn the curriculum as securely as they could.”
- “A small number of pupils require additional support to read confidently and fluently.”
- “Adult support is planned systematically, but the strategies being used to support the weakest readers are not yet as effective as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 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) | 56% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 16 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.
- Greatstone Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brookland Church of England Primary School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Brenzett Church of England Primary School 4.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dymchurch Primary School 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hamstreet Primary Academy 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Wittersham Church of England Primary School 9.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aldington Primary School 9.9 mi Good Last distance published