Lydden Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Dover, CT15 7LA
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Shepherdswell Church of England Primary School
Coldred Road, Shepherdswell, Dover, CT15 7LH
Local ranking124th of 445 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 17 March 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 82.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 18.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 96.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 207
- Boys
- 107 (50%)
- Girls
- 106 (50%)
- Capacity
- 210 (101% full)
- SEND
- 15.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.4%
- EAL
- 3.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 13.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,403/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.7%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
87.7%
White British
4.9%
White Other
2.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Coldred Road
Dover, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 118691
- UKPRN
- 10069093
- Establishment No.
- 3175
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