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Living in Lymington with children

Lymington, Hampshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 14,870 people in 7,117 households; 20.0% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

12schools in Lymington
£392ktypical semi, 12 months
59crimes a year per 1,000 people
63%gigabit broadband

Schools

12 schools: 10 state primary, 1 state secondary, 1 private
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Hampshire 63%ResultOfsted
2St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 8% (22/307) · 82%Outstanding
3Lymington Junior SchoolPrimary · Top 9% (26/307) · 81%School remains Good
4Hordle CofE (VA) Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 18% (54/307) · 76%School remains Outstanding
5Tiptoe Primary SchoolPrimary · (165/307) · 64%School remains Good
6Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · (179/307) · 62%Good
7William Gilpin Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · (214/307) · 58%Ofsted report card
8South Baddesley Church of England Primary School & NurseryPrimary · (228/307) · 56%School remains Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Hampshire 46.9ResultOfsted
1Priestlands SchoolSecondary · Top 21% (14/67) · 51.3School remains Good
Every school in Lymington, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (10)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsOutstanding1st (1/307) in Hampshire—
St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstandingTop 8% (22/307) in Hampshire—
Lymington Junior SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 9% (26/307) in Hampshire1.97 miles (2025)
Hordle CofE (VA) Primary SchoolSchool remains OutstandingTop 18% (54/307) in Hampshire—
Tiptoe Primary SchoolSchool remains Good(165/307) in Hampshire—
Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary SchoolGood(179/307) in Hampshire—
William Gilpin Church of England Primary SchoolOfsted report card(214/307) in Hampshire—
South Baddesley Church of England Primary School & NurserySchool remains Good(228/307) in Hampshire—
Pennington Church of England Primary SchoolGood(271/307) in Hampshire—
Lymington Church of England Infant SchoolOutstanding——

State secondary schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Priestlands SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 21% (14/67) in Hampshire—

Private schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Walhampton SchoolIndependent Schools Inspectorate: standards met——

Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Homes and prices

Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)
Detached£690,000
Semi-detached£392,000
Terraced£351,000
Flat or maisonette£256,000

The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (76 detached, 62 semi-detached, 38 terraced, 43 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Lymington. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Getting around

Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
2railway stations within 2 km: Lymington Town Rail Station (0.3 miles); Lymington Pier Rail Station (0.6 miles)
22bus stops within 1 km of the town centre

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 63% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 96%, on average across the 1,005 postcodes in SO41. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).

Safety and environment

The town centre; addresses vary
59.4 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeInside the town's outline, September 2025 to August 2026. The most common: violent crime, anti social behaviour, shoplifting. Source: data.police.uk, street-level crime inside the ONS built-up area outline; people from Census 2021. A town centre with shops and pubs records more crime per resident than a suburb.
Flood zone 1FloodAt the town centre, the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three). Surface-water risk: we don't hold that map, so it is unknown here. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.Source: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0.
NO₂ 6.3AirAt the town centre, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 6.3 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 5.5 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 8.1 µg/m³ (2024). A background figure, not the air beside a busy road. Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Childcare

Ofsted early years register; published prices
10registered nurseries and pre-schools
£80 to £90a day, where 2 publish a day rate (the middle £85)

What Ofsted found: 3 outstanding; 6 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.

All of them: 10 in Hampshire.

Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.

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Key dates, Hampshire

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Reception applications open1 Nov 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Hampshire.

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