Schools in Lydney
Lydney is the largest town in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, with 11 schools including 10 primaries and one secondary — The Dean Academy, a through-academy serving pupils across the forest communities. Gloucestershire County Council coordinates admissions, though The Dean Academy sets its own oversubscription criteria as an academy. Three schools in the area are currently at or above capacity.
Six of the 11 schools are academies, and five carry a faith designation — a relatively high proportion reflecting the rural Forest of Dean parishes served by church schools. For community primary admissions, Gloucestershire applies straight-line distance as the main tiebreaker. Families on the rural fringes of Lydney should check whether their address falls within The Dean Academy's published catchment before applying for Year 7 places.
School demand in Lydney
Across the 11 schools in Lydney with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Lydney have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Lydney are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Gloucestershire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
9 of the schools in Lydney have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Lydney: 3 oversubscribed (10)
Parkend Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lydney · GL15 4HL
Pillowell Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lydney · GL15 4QT
Yorkley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lydney · GL15 4RR
Woolaston Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lydney · GL15 6PH
St Briavels Parochial Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lydney · GL15 6TD
Severnbanks Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lydney · GL15 5AU
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lydney · GL15 5TA
Aylburton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lydney · GL15 6DB
Lydney Church of England Community School
Primary · Academy converter
Lydney · GL15 5JH
Bream Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lydney · GL15 6JW
Secondary Schools in Lydney (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Lydney are set by Gloucestershire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.