Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery
Junior school
Limes Farm Junior School
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · next door from Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery
You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Limes Farm Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 18 October 2022
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at Limes Farm Junior School
57%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See Limes Farm Junior School's resultsSchool workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted last inspected Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery on 18 October 2022 and did not give an overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. A place in its nursery class does not carry on into Reception, so you still need to apply.
Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Limes Farm Junior School, next door. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Limes Farm Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
No. Distance only counts when Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.