Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery
Primary schoolLime Tree Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Reigate and Banstead, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 445 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 17 May 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 69% of pupils at Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Surrey and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 106 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- East Surrey CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file460 m
- Merstham Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 34% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Merstham Park SchoolSecondary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 47.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Royal Alexandra and Albert SchoolAll-through. Good (overall), March 2024. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- St Bede's SchoolSecondary. School remains Outstanding, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 59.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
- Woodfield SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, October 20221.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Reigate and Banstead
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).