Lyndon School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.9 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lyndon School is a secondary school in Solihull for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2022. Solihull and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Lyndon 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 | 0.9 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.9 miles away, the 4th shortest of 10 Solihull secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 230 first-choice applications for 236 offers; 182 offers went to first-choice families, and 48 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 453 of the 750 Year 7 applications for 2026 came from families living outside Solihull, and 87 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Solihull schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Daylesford Road, Solihull, B92 8EJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 1,169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 March 2022
Strengths
- “Lyndon School is a happy, friendly and caring place.”
- “Leaders are ambitious in their expectations.”
- “They want the very best for their school community.”
To improve
- “The pandemic has slowed its progress.”
- “However, some pupils are still not keen on reading and do not read outside of school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2022 (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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.7 | 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: 230 first-preference applications, 236 offers in total, 182 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 Solihull.
- Langley School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lode Heath School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Grace Academy Solihull 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alderbrook School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Henry Newman Catholic College 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) 3.2 mi Not judged