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Lime Academy Hornbeam

Special schoolAges 2–19AcademySixth form

Waltham Forest, E17 5NT · Waltham Forest local authority

Waltham Forest’s School Grade A better than 90% of towns in England

How full
294 pupils
100% of its 295 places
Free school meals
54%
54 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Lime Academy Hornbeam

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 54% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, December 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (E17 5) sold for a median £510,000; Waltham Forest’s is £530,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

290 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
36.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
53.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 33%Boys 67%
Its letter

No letter for Lime Academy Hornbeam

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.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, December 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Lime Academy Hornbeam

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

Home prices in E17 5, the school’s postcode sector

Waltham Forest property prices →
£510,000
median sale, 486 sales in 36 months · Waltham Forest £530,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025E17 5Waltham Forest
E17 5Waltham Forest

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£605K
Terraced
£586K
Flat
£470K
E17 5Waltham Forest

Homes in E17 5 sell for a little under Waltham Forest’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

43 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−CA−BA−BAAA+DAA−CB+C+ABA+A−CA+AD−ACBBB−B+BA+BA−AA+DC−CCB−Lime Academy Hornbeam
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Waltham Forest, E17 5NT

Lime Academy Hornbeam: common questions

What is Lime Academy Hornbeam’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (December 2023).

How much do houses cost near Lime Academy Hornbeam?

Homes in its postcode sector, E17 5, sold for a median £510,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (486 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; Waltham Forest’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.