Lime Academy Hartwell
1 York Street, Luton, LU2 0EZ
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LIME TRUST
- Headteacher
- Teneille Dardis
- Sponsor
- Lime Trust
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 151866
- Local authority
- Luton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582280652
About this school
Lime Academy Hartwell is a special academy in Luton. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 121 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lime Academy Hartwell, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Windmill Hill School (URN 148558).
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Overall absence
- 12.68%
- Persistent absence
- 31.36%
Location
Nearby schools
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Richmond Hill School0.5 miles
Special schools · Luton
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University of Bedfordshire0.5 miles
Universities · Luton
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Bury Park Educational Institute (Al - Hikmah Secondary School)0.8 miles
Independent schools · Luton
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Lady Zia Wernher School1.0 miles
Special schools · Luton
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Oakwood Primary School1.1 miles
Independent schools · Luton
Other schools in Luton
- Avenue Centre for Education Local authority maintained schools
- Claystone School Special schools
- Lady Zia Wernher School Special schools
- Richmond Hill School Special schools
- Woodlands Secondary School Special schools
- Chapel Street Nursery School Nursery
- Grasmere Nursery School Nursery
- Hart Hill Nursery School Nursery
- Pastures Way Nursery School Nursery
- Rothesay Nursery School Nursery
- The Gill Blowers Nursery School Nursery
- Beech Hill Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lime Academy Hartwell teach?
- Lime Academy Hartwell teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Luton.
- Who is the headteacher of Lime Academy Hartwell?
- The headteacher of Lime Academy Hartwell is Teneille Dardis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lime Academy Hartwell been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lime Academy Hartwell, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Lime Academy Hartwell?
- Lime Academy Hartwell has 121 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Lime Academy Hartwell full?
- Lime Academy Hartwell has capacity for 120 pupils and 121 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Academy Hartwell a faith school?
- No. Lime Academy Hartwell has no designated religious character.
- Is Lime Academy Hartwell part of an academy trust?
- Lime Academy Hartwell is part of LIME TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Lime Academy Hartwell's absence rate?
- Lime Academy Hartwell's overall absence rate is 12.7% in the latest published census.
- Does Lime Academy Hartwell publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Lime Academy Hartwell. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.