Lydd Primary School

Lydd Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2018. The school thrives on a strong community focus, with pupils actively engaging in their local history and culture through various learning experiences. Relationships within the school are praised for being respectful and nurturing, contributing to a positive environment where students feel safe and included. The school's leadership sets high expectations, and students respond positively to this, showing eagerness to learn and participate in leadership roles within the school.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community serving.
• High expectations set by leadership.
• Engaged and enthusiastic pupils.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum tailored for all pupils.
• Staff have strong subject knowledge and effective teaching strategies.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Effective support and nurturing environment in early years.

Areas for Improvement

• Support for the weakest readers lacks precision.
• Some pupils, including those with SEND, do not learn the curriculum securely.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Lydd Primary School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Lydd Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Lydd Primary School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.1% of pupils at Lydd Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Lydd Primary School received £7,702 and spent £7,740 for each of its 254 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £405,000 (£1,596 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Our Community Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,845 and spending £7,701 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Folkestone And Hythe · Kent local authority: places and applications

Lydd Primary School is part of Our Community Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Dymchurch Primary School Romney Marsh
• Petham Primary School Canterbury
• Selling Church of England Primary School Faversham
• Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School Sittingbourne
• Lynsted and Norton Primary School Sittingbourne
• Bredgar Church of England Primary School Sittingbourne
• The Oaks Infant School Sittingbourne
• Minterne Junior School Sittingbourne
• Borden Church of England Primary School Sittingbourne

What is Lydd Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lydd Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Lydd Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lydd Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Lydd Primary School have?

Lydd Primary School has 230 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lydd Primary School cover?

Lydd Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Lydd Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lydd Primary School?

Lydd Primary School is at 20 Skinner Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9HW.