Lytchett Matravers Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Poole, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.685 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lytchett Matravers Primary School is a primary school in Poole, Dorset for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lytchett Matravers 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 | 2.685 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 2.685 miles, the 11th longest of 31 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.64 miles.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2015; it swung sharply between some years, most from 2017 to 2018.
- For Reception 2026 there were 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lytchett Matravers, Poole, BH16 6DY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 484 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Lytchett Matravers is a happy, safe and secure environment.”
- “Relationships throughout the school are warm and welcoming.”
- “Pupils are full of pride when discussing their school.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ attendance declined in this period.”
- “However, in some subjects, teachers’ work for pupils does not match the high ambition of curriculum plans.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not learn as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 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) | 68% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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 Dorset.
- Upton Junior School 2.2 mi Good
- Upton Infant School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Henbury View First School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sturminster Marshall First School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rushcombe First School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.0 mi Good
- Pamphill Church of England First School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi Good