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Lime Academy Parnwell
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Sponsored academy
Saltersgate, Parnwell, Peterborough PE1 4YH · limeacademyparnwell.org · 01733 942912
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Peterborough 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Peterborough Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 287
- 68% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Free school meals
- 66.2%
- First language not English
- 53%
- 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: Peterborough Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 18 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 38 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Peterborough it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110764)
Ofsted
Lime Academy Parnwell was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 1 Mar 2022
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110764), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110764)
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 69
- 21% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied