School profile
Lime Academy Hartwell
1 York Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0EZ
Overview
Lime Academy Hartwell is a special / send school (free schools special) in Luton, East of England, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Free schools special
- Establishment group
- Free Schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 151866
Admissions
- Local authority
- Luton
- Academy trust or group
- LIME TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 14 February 2024 · Published 24 April 2024
Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Windmill Hill School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Ofsted recorded this school in a category of concern: Serious weaknesses. The official report explains what this means and what happens next.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- 1 York Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0EZ
- Local authority
- Luton
- Area
- Schools in Luton
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