Lime Walk Primary School

HertfordshireCommunity school

Lime Walk, Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9LN

Headteacher: Mr Andrew KerseSchool website ↗Pupils: 211 (capacity: 240)
Ofsted Good
Inspected February 2023
39%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected February 2023
100%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 7 February 2023Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
39.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
0.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 57%·Writing 71%·Maths 54%All three 39%
Reading
Expected57%
Exceeding21%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected71%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected54%
Exceeding11%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
22
How many families wanted this school first?
8
How many got their first choice?
8of 8 (100.0%)
How many applied in total?
58

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
32.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
11.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
11.0%
Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
103 girls, 108 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 72% (2016/17), currently 39%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1638.0%0.0%+0.6+5.0+1.6
2016/1772.0%0.0%+2.8+1.1+0.9
2017/1821.0%0.0%-0.6-3.3+1.0
2018/1955.0%0.0%-3.5-6.1-2.3
2022/2340.0%3.0%-4.3-1.4-5.4
2023/2448.0%4.0%---
2024/2539.0%0.0%---
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