Lime Wood Primary School

Bexley · DA8 1FJ

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 192 pupils, 29.2% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Lime Wood Primary School

General Information

Address: 2 Sandy Road, Erith, DA8 1FJ – View on map
Phone: 01322344939
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Claire Ingrams
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 49 families put it first for 52 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

192 pupils out of 630 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 56
% eligible for free school meals: 29.2%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Bexley average)
English as an additional language: 55% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 0% a year (Bexley 17.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Bexley: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 7 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 16 (0.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Bexley, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 12.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communication 15 places · 15 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 19.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 13.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 24 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 15 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card May 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
Achievement Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Early years Strong standard
Leadership and governance Strong standard

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,631 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

2nd of 51 primary schools in Bexley for spending per pupil

#1Parkway Primary School£13,615
#2Lime Wood Primary School£9,631
#3Jubilee Primary School£9,589
#4Willow Bank Primary School£9,275

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Parkway Primary School£13,615
#2Lime Wood Primary School£9,631
#3Jubilee Primary School£9,589
#4Willow Bank Primary School£9,275
#5Castilion Primary School£8,786
#6Hope Community School£8,768
#7St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School£8,670
#8Barrington Primary School£8,601
#9Haberdashers' Crayford Primary£8,573
#10Orchard Primary School£8,263
#11St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School£8,226
#12Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary£8,145
#13St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School£7,937
#14Northwood Primary School£7,599
#15St Fidelis Catholic Primary School£7,541
#16St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School£7,532
#17St John Fisher Catholic Primary School£7,516
#18Royal Park Primary Academy£7,485
#19Northumberland Heath Primary School£7,433
#20Upton Primary School£7,425
#21Sherwood Park Primary School£7,363
#22Longlands Primary School£7,069
#23Hillsgrove Primary School£7,016
#24Belmont Academy£7,015
#25Peareswood Primary School£6,988
#26Hook Lane Primary School£6,950
#27St Paulinus Church of England Primary School£6,847
#28Pelham Primary School£6,741
#29Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy£6,733
#30Crook Log Primary School£6,675
#31Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School£6,653
#32Mayplace Primary School£6,552
#33Danson Primary School£6,546
#34St Stephen's Catholic Primary School£6,479
#35St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,473
#36Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School£6,471
#37Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School£6,457
#38Foster's Primary School£6,439
#39Fairford Academy Barnehurst£6,382
#40Lessness Heath Primary School£6,373
#41Hurst Primary School£6,329
#42Dulverton Primary School£6,198
#43Days Lane Primary School£6,156
#44Old Bexley Church of England School£6,120
#45East Wickham Primary Academy£6,075
#46St Thomas More Catholic Primary School£6,031
#47Brampton Primary Academy£5,891
#48Birkbeck Primary School£5,807
#49Bursted Wood Primary School£5,728
#50Gravel Hill Primary School£5,258
#51Upland Primary School£4,735

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