Community school · Primary
Lowestoft · NR32 3JX · Suffolk
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 143671
The Limes Primary Academy
Free schools · Lowestoft · NR32 3BQ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
354
Local authority
Suffolk
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (primary), Ages 2–11, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, 354 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 32.4%.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143671
Location
- Address
- Lime Avenue, Oulton
- Postcode
- NR32 3BQ
- Town
- Lowestoft
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 354
- Boys / girls
- 167 / 187
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 354 / 420 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 32.4%
- FSM pupils
- 103
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- REAch2 Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Charlotte Thompson
- Telephone
- 01502449200
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-22
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.