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The Limes College

Alternative provision school · Academy alternative provision converter · ages 5 to 16 · Mixed

Sutton West Centre, Robin Hood Lane, Sutton, SM1 2SD

  • Pupils61
  • Ages5 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted19 Oct 2023
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 19 Oct 2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 15 Jan 2024

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
61 (capacity 200)
30 girls, 31 boys
Eligible for free school meals
62.3% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
91.7%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
8.3%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
63.1%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
15.5%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy alternative provision converter (Academies)
Trust
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING TRUST
Sponsor
Alternative Learning Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Special needs catered for
SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Opened
1 June 2019
Local authority
Sutton
Parliamentary constituency
Sutton and Cheam
URN
145704 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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