Lime Walk Primary School

Community school·Primary school Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire·HP3 9LN
Composite score
25.4
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#14,003
National rank
#1574
In East of England
#324
In Hertfordshire
Top 95%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
39%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.59
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
56
any preference, for 22 places
Last place offered lived
4.50 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 7248 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7520220.6420230.6320240.3620250.592026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
211
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,800
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Lime Walk Primary School at a glance

Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Lime Walk Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 211 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 39% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Lime Walk Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 4.50 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 21.8 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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