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Lime Academy Hartwell

Special schoolAges 11–19Free schoolSixth form

Luton, LU2 0EZ · Luton local authority

Luton’s School Grade B better than 60% of towns in England

How full
121 pupils
101% of its 120 places
Free school meals
41%
41 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Lime Academy Hartwell

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inadequate, February 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (LU2 0) sold for a median £300,000; Luton’s is £315,000
Its letter

No letter for Lime Academy Hartwell

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Inadequate, February 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Lime Academy Hartwell

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in LU2 0, the school’s postcode sector

Luton property prices →
£300,000
median sale, 381 sales in 36 months · Luton £315,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025LU2 0Luton
LU2 0Luton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£430K
Semi-detached
£345K
Terraced
£280K
Flat
£215K
LU2 0Luton

Homes in LU2 0 sell for a little under Luton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

30 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−CCB+BB−B−A+C−CC+B−CDA−CCA−A−A−A+C+C+D−B−Lime Academy Hartwell
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Luton, LU2 0EZ

Lime Academy Hartwell: common questions

What is Lime Academy Hartwell’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inadequate (February 2024).

How much do houses cost near Lime Academy Hartwell?

Homes in its postcode sector, LU2 0, sold for a median £300,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (381 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Luton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.