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Lime Academy Forest Approach

Special schoolAges 2–19AcademySixth form

Havering, RM3 9YA · Havering local authority

Havering’s School Grade B+ better than 70% of towns in England

How full
131 pupils
109% of its 120 places
Free school meals
62%
62 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Lime Academy Forest Approach

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 131 pupils for 120 places
  • 62% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RM3 9) sold for a median £407,250; Havering’s is £445,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

129 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
13.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
61.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 27%Boys 73%
Its letter

No letter for Lime Academy Forest Approach

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: Good, May 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Lime Academy Forest Approach

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

Home prices in RM3 9, the school’s postcode sector

Havering property prices →
£407,250
median sale, 312 sales in 36 months · Havering £445,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K2010201520202025RM3 9Havering
RM3 9Havering

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£480K
Semi-detached
£440K
Terraced
£408K
Flat
£216K
RM3 9Havering

Homes in RM3 9 sell for a little under Havering’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

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCC−DC−A−A+C−DB−C−Lime Academy Forest Approach
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Havering, RM3 9YA

Lime Academy Forest Approach: common questions

What is Lime Academy Forest Approach’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2023).

How much do houses cost near Lime Academy Forest Approach?

Homes in its postcode sector, RM3 9, sold for a median £407,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (312 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; Havering’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.