Lime Academy Hornbeam

State-Funded School

lime-academy-hornbeam-waltham-forest-london

LondonRegion

Waltham ForestLocal Authority

WalthamstowConstituency

E17 5NTPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Lime Academy Hornbeam is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Waltham Forest, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 294 pupils. Lime Academy Hornbeam is part of Lime Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

28%

Asian

27%

Black

23%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

294

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

53%

England average

27%

First language not English

37%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 294
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Lime Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 6 December 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
16 Jul 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.