Pennington Church of England Primary SchoolOur Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Lymington.

Summary of the comparison

Pennington Church of England Primary School and Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools are primary schools in Lymington.

  • Pennington Church of England Primary School scores 39 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools scores 86 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is ahead on our composite score.

  • Pennington Church of England Primary School was judged Good and Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 48.0% for Pennington Church of England Primary School and 93.0% for Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Pennington Church of England Primary School (42.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools (83.0% in 2022-23, 93.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Pennington Church of England Primary School versus Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LymingtonPennington Church of England Primary SchoolLymingtonOur Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF39/100A86/100Stronger figure
Local ranking285th of 416 in Hampshire 2nd of 416 in Hampshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeVoluntary controlled school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll112 103
Capacity210 115
LocationLymington, SO41 8HX Lymington, SO41 8GY
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard48.0% 93.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 27.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 111.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 109.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census112 103
Free school meals (ever 6)43.8% 28.2%
English as an additional language7.1% 6.8%
SEN support22.3% 16.5%
SEN with an EHC plan9.8% 6.8%
Attendance
Overall absence6.2% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence16.1% 16.0% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Pennington Church of England Primary School

Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

Full profiles: Pennington Church of England Primary School · Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools