Lime Academy Ravensbourne

Overview

Lime Academy Ravensbourne continues to be a good school, providing a "calm and orderly place in which pupils can thrive." Pupils benefit from "warm professional relationships with caring and committed staff" and access a "highly personalised" curriculum tailored to their individual needs and education, health, and care plans.

Strengths

• Staff maintain "high expectations for pupils to be as independent as possible," with sixth-form students developing skills for adult life through community outings.
• The curriculum is "highly personalised," allowing pupils to progress along pathways at their own pace and celebrate achievements such as AQA unit awards.
• Communication is prioritised through daily routines, visual aids, and diverse methods like Makaton and assisted technology, ensuring pupils can express preferences.
• Staff demonstrate a "strong understanding of the curriculum," working as teams to plan activities that suit pupils’ interests, such as choosing between clay or paint.
• Parents are "actively involved in the school community" and are "effusive in their praise," noting their children’s progress in a "happy and safe environment."

Areas to improve

• In a few subjects, the curriculum is not broken down into "the smallest steps of learning," which slows pupils’ progress towards meeting short and long-term goals.
• Current strategies to improve attendance are "at an early stage and is not having a significant impact on whole-school attendance figures," requiring further development to address poor attendance patterns.

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."