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State primary · 2 to 11 · Mixed · 473 pupils

Lime Tree Primary Academy

Budworth Road, Sale, M33 2RP · Trafford
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

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Ofsted: Good · December 2024(38/59)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 5,516th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(38/59)Rank among 59 Trafford primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Trafford league table →
Inspection
Good, December 2024
Getting in
Not full for Reception 2026
Results
69% expected standard; 11% higher standard
Size
473 pupils; 51 places a year; classes of 27
Run by
Bright Futures Educational Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
2 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, December 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 3.5%, against 4.1% in Trafford.
  • Persistently absent: 4.3%, against 9.1% in Trafford.
  • Higher standard: 11%, against 15% in Trafford.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 0.6, against 0.4 in Trafford.
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At a glance

Against Trafford and England
This schoolTraffordEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
69%
In line with Trafford
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
11%
Worse than Trafford
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
3.5%
Better than Trafford
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
4.3%
Better than Trafford
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
0.6
Worse than Trafford
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
27.4
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
25%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
28.0
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
In line with Trafford
Trafford and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 51 families put it first for 51 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Reception places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 3 December 2024
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 69% (England 62%) (county 72%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 11% (England 8%) (county 15%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 3.5% of sessions missed; 4.3% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.3% and 13% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 1 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 27.4 pupils; 44% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 28.0 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 239 m, tram or metro 749 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 11 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 14.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.5 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Bright Futures Educational Trust, with 11 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined March 2021
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 May 2014 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Lime Tree Primary School (URN 106302) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 May 2014
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception2026515112551
Reception2025585513655
Reception2024505014750
Reception2023595314853
Reception2022606815056
Reception2021606016457
Reception2020585717744
Reception2019605915058
Reception2018606516556
Reception2017585916750

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2015 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%62%72%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard11%8%15%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(38/59)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
3 December 2024Graded inspectionQuality of education: Good

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Trafford league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/253.5%2.7%0.8%4.3%0.0%
2023/243.7%2.5%1.1%7.0%0.0%
2022/234.3%2.9%1.4%9.1%0.3%
Schools with a similar intake5.3%13%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 3218 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/250.60.6%30
2023/240.40.4%20
2022/231.20.4%60
Schools with a similar intake1.3

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size27.42025/26
Classes over 30 pupils44%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher28.0November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus239
tram or metro749

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20252
20242
20231
20222
20214

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 2 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO214.12024
PM1012.32024
PM257.52024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals25%2025/26
First language other than English41%2025/26
SEN support20%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.7%2025/26
Girls49%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Bright Futures Educational Trust, with 11 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined March 2021
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 May 2014 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Lime Tree Primary School (URN 106302) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 May 2014
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Sale and the Trafford league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.