Lydney Church of England Community School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Lydney, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.94 miles
Published by Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lydney Church of England Community School is a primary school in Lydney, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Lydney Church of England Community 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 | 0.94 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 7 earlier figures.
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 0.94 miles away, further than in 2015; the figure has swung sharply, most from 2020 to 2021.
- Across the 12 years with a published Reception outcome, every applicant was offered a place in 1 of them.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bream Road, Lydney, GL15 5JH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They explain how the values of kindness, friendship and trust are woven into school life.”
- “Relationships between pupils and adults are positive.”
To improve
- “Assessment is at an earlier stage of development in a few wider curriculum subjects.”
- “Staff do not always check precisely enough how well pupils have learned the curriculum.”
- “As a result, there is not a clear understanding of what pupils know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 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) | 65% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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 Gloucestershire.
- Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Severnbanks Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aylburton Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pillowell Community Primary School 2.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Yorkley Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bream Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woolaston Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkend Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
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