Primary · DA8 · Erith

Lime Wood Primary School

2 Sandy Road, Erith, DA8 1FJ

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THE WOODLAND ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)95.1%
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils192

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

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

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 29 Jun 2026.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in DA8. Where we have them, council (Bexley) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
192
Free school meals
29.2%
1.3% below district average (30.5%)

Also: Bexley 18% · England 24.7%

SEN
30.6%
1.2% above district average (29.4%)

Also: Bexley 17.6% · England 18.2%

EAL
50.5%
21.5% above district average (29%)
Attendance
95.1% Autumn and spring 2024/25
1% above district average (94.1%)

Also: Bexley 95.2% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the DA8 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

7.9%

5.4% below England (13.3%)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 49 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
49
First-preference offers
49
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
52
Named on any preference
112

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
630
Pupils on roll
192

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bexley page.

SEN support

SEN %
30.6%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SLCN, ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Lime Wood Primary School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in DA8 · Schools in Bexley

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
  • Methodology · Data updates