Lime Academy Hartwell
Special school in Luton. Inadequate (Feb 2024). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 14 February 2024, report published 24 April 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Windmill Hill School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Lime Academy Hartwell hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around February 2028
The last inspection was in February 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby special schools
- 0.5 milesRichmond Hill School
Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
- 1.0 milesLady Zia Wernher School
School remains Outstanding (Nov 2023)
- 2.8 milesWoodlands Secondary School
Outstanding (May 2024)
- 4.5 milesThe Chiltern School
School remains Good (Feb 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.