Lime Hills Academy
Pound Lane, Nailsea, BS48 2NN
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Lis Jolley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Cabot Learning Federation
- Constituency
- North Somerset
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 65
- Pupils on roll
- 57
- URN
- 149149
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01275595501
About this school
Lime Hills Academy is a special academy in Nailsea. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 57 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 2.2 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lime Hills Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 28.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 22% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | 55 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.45%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 22.03%
- Persistent absence
- 54.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ravenswood School0.1 miles
Special schools · Bristol
-
The Downs Preparatory School2.2 miles
Independent schools · Bristol
-
Seven Hills3.6 miles
Special schools
-
North Star 240°6.1 miles
Academies · Bristol
-
Kingsweston School6.1 miles
Special schools · Bristol
Other schools in Nailsea
- Grove Junior School Primary
- Hannah More Infant School Primary
- Kingshill Church School Primary
- St Francis Catholic Primary School Primary
Recorded changes at this school
Previous headteacher: Natalie Sweet (until July 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Natalie Sweet to Lis Jolley recorded 14 Jul 2026
Common questions
- What year groups does Lime Hills Academy teach?
- Lime Hills Academy teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Nailsea.
- Who is the headteacher of Lime Hills Academy?
- The headteacher of Lime Hills Academy is Lis Jolley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lime Hills Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lime Hills Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lime Hills Academy?
- Lime Hills Academy has 57 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Lime Hills Academy full?
- Lime Hills Academy has capacity for 65 pupils and 57 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lime Hills Academy a faith school?
- No. Lime Hills Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Lime Hills Academy a selective school?
- No. Lime Hills Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lime Hills Academy?
- Lime Hills Academy is part of CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Lime Hills Academy's absence rate?
- Lime Hills Academy's overall absence rate is 22% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lime Hills Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lime Hills Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 14 July 2026.