Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Merstham, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.50 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Merstham, Surrey for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 17 May 2022. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.61 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.50 miles away, the 20th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 83 first-choice applications for 60 Reception 2026 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 8.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 23.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Battlebridge Lane, Merstham, RH1 3LH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 17 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff are proud to be part of this exceptional school.”
- “Leaders’ unwavering focus on weaving the school’s values of courage, responsibility, cooperation and resilience through every aspect of school life has created an environment in which pupils thrive.”
- “They mature into curious, articulate and well-rounded individuals.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 83 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Surrey.
- Merstham Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Furzefield Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wray Common Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hatchlands Primary 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Earlswood Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Earlswood Junior School 1.9 mi Good