Lime Wood Primary School
2 Sandy Road, Erith, DA8 1FJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE WOODLAND ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Claire Ingrams
- Sponsor
- The Woodland Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 192
- URN
- 143922
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01322344939
About this school
Lime Wood Primary School is a primary academy in Erith. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 192 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Lime Wood Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | 111 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lime Wood Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.7% | 27.9% | 192 | — |
| St Fidelis Catholic Primary School | 68% | 2.9% | 26.7% | 459 | 0.3 miles |
| Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School | 64% | 4.5% | 21.1% | 498 | 0.5 miles |
| Belvedere Infant School | — | 7.7% | 34.2% | 246 | 0.6 miles |
| Belvedere Junior School | 71% | 7.1% | 41% | 326 | 0.6 miles |
| Lessness Heath Primary School | 63% | 5.1% | 22.7% | 638 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.93%
- English as an additional language
- 50.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.65%
- Persistent absence
- 12.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Fidelis Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Erith
-
Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Erith
-
Belvedere Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Belvedere
-
Belvedere Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Belvedere
-
Lessness Heath Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Belvedere
Other schools in Erith
- Barnehurst Infant School Primary
- Barnehurst Junior School Primary
- Belmont Academy Primary
- Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School Primary
- Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary Primary
- Northumberland Heath Primary School Primary
- Northwood Primary School Primary
- Parkway Primary School Primary
- Peareswood Primary School Primary
- St Fidelis Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primary
- St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lime Wood Primary School teach?
- Lime Wood Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Erith.
- Who is the headteacher of Lime Wood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lime Wood Primary School is Miss Claire Ingrams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lime Wood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lime Wood Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lime Wood Primary School?
- Lime Wood Primary School has 192 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lime Wood Primary School full?
- Lime Wood Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 192 on roll (30%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lime Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lime Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lime Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lime Wood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Lime Wood Primary School?
- Lime Wood Primary School is part of THE WOODLAND ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Lime Wood Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Lime Wood Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Lime Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Lime Wood Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census.
- Does Lime Wood Primary School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Lime Wood Primary School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.