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Lime Academy Larkswood
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
New Road, London E4 8ET · limeacademylarkswood.org · 020 8529 4979
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Waltham Forest 74%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 510
- 64% of 800 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
- First language not English
- 45.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lime Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 31 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 31 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 46 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 66 | 63 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 83 | 67 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Waltham Forest it was 74%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Lime Academy Larkswood was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2011Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (118 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 118
- 17% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (19%) with SEND