All-through
Lime Hills Academy
Pound Lane, Nailsea, BS48 2NN
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 57 of 65 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 4.5
- Local authority
- North Somerset
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 11.8
- Pupils per adult
- 2.3
- Pupils
- 27
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
0%
2.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 2.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.14 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Pound Lane, Nailsea, BS48 2NN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
North Somerset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Lis Jolley
- Address
- Pound Lane, Nailsea, BS48 2NN
- Telephone
- 01275595501