This schoolOther primary schools in Essex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 19 October 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 8 May 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery, URN 114962
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry64 applications · 41 places offered · 38 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 1.2; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 1.3; Essex median median 2.4
- 2022 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2021 1.5; Essex median median 2.3
- 2020 1.1; Essex median median 2.4
- 2019 1.2; Essex median median 2.5
- 2018 1.5; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2017 1.2; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2015 0.9; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Essex median
Dashed bars: as Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery (URN 114962), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 41 | 64 | 1.6 | 38 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 41 | 50 | 1.2 | 35 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 47 | 75 | 1.6 | 43 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 71 | 1.3 | 49 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 46 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2021 | 39 | 58 | 1.5 | 36 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 52 | 58 | 1.1 | 44 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 39 | 45 | 1.2 | 34 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 * | 40 | 58 | 1.5 | 32 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 * | 39 | 48 | 1.2 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 54 | 64 | 1.2 | 48 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 * | 63 | 59 | 0.9 | 45 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 78 | 1.3 | 55 | 0.92 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Limes Farm Infant School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20221.6applications per place
- 0.0 km · EssexRemains Good202257%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Redbridge20262.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · RedbridgeStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · RedbridgeRemains Good20232.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Redbridge20261.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · RedbridgeStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · RedbridgeGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Redbridge20262.2applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145991 · 881/2707
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 182 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2018
- Replaced
- Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery (URN 114962)
- Address
- Limes Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5LP
- Local authority
- Essex · Epping Forest
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources