The Limes Primary Academy | Primary in Lowestoft, East Suffolk | Ofsted & DfE

64%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

367

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

64%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

367

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

64%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

367

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/02/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySuffolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.9:1

Admissions—

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of The Limes Primary Academy · Primary · Suffolk

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

64%

64%64%64%

'25

'25 · 64%

RWM higher standard

3%3%3%

'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

72%

Reading higher standard

39%

Writing expected standard

72%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

78%

Maths higher standard

31%

Science expected standard

81%

SPAG expected standard

64%

SPAG higher standard

25%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

367

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

31%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Lime Avenue, Oulton, Lowestoft, NR32 3BQ

Local authority

Suffolk

Website

http://thelimesacademy.org/

Telephone

01502449200

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	64%	3%	72%	39%	72%	3%	78%	31%	81%	64%	105.0	105.0	103.0	—	—	—	15%	367
2023/24	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	—	—	13%	323
2022/23	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	11%	259
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	14%	29
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	367	20.7	15%	8%	31%	5%	12%
2023/24	323	22.7	13%	6%	33%	6%	13%
2022/23	259	31.2	11%	5%	27%	6%	14%
2021/22	205	21.8	6%	6%	26%	8%	19%
2020/21	150	21.3	3%	4%	19%	—	—
2018/19	29	12.5	14%	7%	24%	—	—