Lime Tree Primary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- LU5 5QN
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Thornhill Primary School
Grove Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5PE
Local ranking5th of 92 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
660
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 68.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 41
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 450
- Boys
- 231 (51%)
- Girls
- 219 (49%)
- Capacity
- 660 (68% full)
- SEND
- 12.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.9%
- EAL
- 54.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 9.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,595/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 38.8%
- White Other: 20.7%
- Black African: 11.8%
- Asian Indian: 8.2%
- Asian Other: 6.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.0%
38.8%
White British
20.7%
White Other
11.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Grove Road
Dunstable, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 109504
- UKPRN
- 10074569
- Establishment No.
- 2166
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