Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery

Academy converter·Infant school Chigwell, Essex·IG7 5LP

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

38 first choices, 41 places

First choices per place

0.93

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 41 places

Applications from another council area

47%

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8120220.8620230.9220240.8520250.932026

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

Every child who put Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 160
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

27.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

51.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

18.1%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

21.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,354

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Limes Farm Junior School Chigwell · 0.0 mi 61.6 Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School Buckhurst Hill · 1.9 mi 55.6 White Bridge Primary School Loughton · 2.2 mi 45.1 The Alderton Junior School Loughton · 2.5 mi 44.2 St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill · 2.7 mi 50.3 Thomas Willingale Primary School and Nursery Loughton · 2.8 mi 58.1 Lambourne Primary School Romford · 2.9 mi 57.4 St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Loughton · 3.2 mi 38.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery

Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Chigwell, Essex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 160 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 41 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.