Lime Wood Primary School
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Lime Wood Primary School is a free school in Erith for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 192 pupils and room for 630. About 29 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. We give it 90 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 83% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in May 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
2 Sandy Road, Erith, DA8 1FJ01322 344939limewoodprimaryschool.co.ukMiss Claire Ingrams headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 12 May 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
523 places were empty (83% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bexley council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 15 pupils, for autism, speech, language and communication.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Bexley with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (33), Autistic spectrum disorder (18), emotional and mental health (8), Specific learning difficulty (2), Multi-sensory impairment (1), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 192 | 111 | 53 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 29% | 27% | 19% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 55% | 51% | 47% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 22% | 13% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 9% | 11% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 12.7% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 3.6 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Fidelis Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 560 m | 459 | Outstanding 2024 | 96 | Compare |
| Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School | Academy | 760 m | 498 | No overall grade 2025 | 69 | Compare |
| Belvedere Infant School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 246 | Good 2023 | 10 | Compare |
| Belvedere Junior School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 326 | Not inspected | 66 | Compare |
| Lessness Heath Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 638 | Good 2023 | 57 | Compare |
| Northumberland Heath Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 442 | No overall grade 2025 | 19 | Compare |
| Barnehurst Infant School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 218 | Outstanding 2023 | 95 | Compare |
| Barnehurst Junior School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 240 | Outstanding 2023 | 87 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Lime Wood Primary School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 90 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 90% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 75 to 97. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | above | +0.66 | Ofsted report card, 0.3 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | in line | +0.03 | 2024/25; 63 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Lime Wood Primary School a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Lime Wood Primary School scores 90 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 83% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 75 to 97, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Lime Wood Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 12 May 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does Lime Wood Primary School have?
192 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 630 places, so it is 30% full.
Is Lime Wood Primary School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 523 places were empty in 2024/25 (83% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Lime Wood Primary School?
Pupils were in school 95.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 13% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Lime Wood Primary School?
The average class had 27.4 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Lime Wood Primary School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism, speech, language and communication. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 2 Sandy Road, Erith, DA8 1FJ
- Telephone
- 01322 344939
- Website
- www.limewoodprimaryschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Claire Ingrams
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- The Woodland Academy Trust (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Ward
- Erith
- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2023 (academy free school)
- URN
- 143922 · LAESTAB 3032070 · UKPRN 10093054
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.