Limebrook Primary School and Nursery
Limebrook Primary School and Nursery is a free school in Maldon for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 137 pupils and room for 420. About 12 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Tempest Road, Maldon, CM9 6NE01621 770854limebrookprimary.netMr Aaron Wright headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
390 places were empty (93% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
How places were given out for September 2026. The last place was given under this rule: Criterion 5.
| Entry | Places | Applied at all | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 60 | 94 | – | LA |
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (13), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (6), emotional and mental health (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 137 | 113 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 10% | 3% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 2% | 1% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 5% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth Primary School | Council | 750 m | 437 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 316 | Good 2022 | 23 | Compare |
| Maldon Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 171 | Good 2023 | 11 | Compare |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon | Roman Catholic | 1.2 miles | 196 | Good 2024 | 62 | Compare |
| Purleigh Community Primary School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 206 | Good 2024 | 70 | Compare |
| Heybridge Primary School | Academy | 2.3 miles | 428 | Good 2023 | 25 | Compare |
| Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy | Academy | 2.3 miles | 75 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Cold Norton Primary School | Council | 3.1 miles | 157 | Good 2024 | 76 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Limebrook Primary School and Nursery a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Limebrook Primary School and Nursery yet.
How many pupils does Limebrook Primary School and Nursery have?
137 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 420 places, so it is 33% full.
Is Limebrook Primary School and Nursery oversubscribed?
Probably not. 390 places were empty in 2024/25 (93% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
How big are the classes at Limebrook Primary School and Nursery?
The average class had 21.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Tempest Road, Maldon, CM9 6NE
- Telephone
- 01621 770854
- Website
- limebrookprimary.net
- Headteacher
- Mr Aaron Wright
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Lion Academy Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Maldon West
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2024 (academy free school)
- URN
- 150739 · LAESTAB 8812193 · UKPRN 10095873
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.
- 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.
- Admissions outcomes: Essex council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2026.
- 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.