School admissions in Lymington
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Lymington in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Lymington first 212 times for 210 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Hampshire authority's 324 schools. 2 of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Tiptoe Primary School, to 2.30 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
9 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School | 1.07 | 43 | not published |
| Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School | 1.02 | 43 | not published |
| Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | 1.00 | 14 | not published |
| Pennington Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 13 | not published |
| South Baddesley Church of England Primary School & Nursery | 1.00 | 12 | not published |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| William Gilpin Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 1 | not published |
| Lymington Church of England Infant School | 0.98 | 48 | not published |
| Tiptoe Primary School | 0.92 | 12 | 2.3 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.