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Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School

Primary · Hawkshead · LA22 0NT

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 13 March 2024

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At a glance

30 pupils · 43% of 70 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
16.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk/
URN
112195

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 3 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Westmorland and Furness average58.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Brington Primary SchoolNorthampton · 166 miles awayGood78%
Great Budworth CofE Primary SchoolNorthwich · 77 miles awayUrgent improvement33%
Churcham Primary SchoolGloucester · 175 miles awayGood43%
Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 74 miles awayGood58%
Wilden CofE VA Primary SchoolBedford · 185 miles awayGood63%
Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCarnforth · 16 miles awayGood57%
Holbeton Primary SchoolPlymouth · 282 miles awayGood88%
Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary SchoolCarnforth · 23 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Finmere Church of England Primary SchoolBuckingham · 183 miles awayGood88%
Burton Pidsea Primary SchoolHull · 125 miles awayRequires improvement25%
Crowcombe CofE VA Primary SchoolTaunton · 225 miles awayNo current grade75%
Somerby Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 146 miles awayGood50%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (Westmorland and Furness 89%, England 60%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
0%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Westmorland and Furness: 1.04 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
10.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,911; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£17,552
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 11% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £2,577; in-year balance -£9,334

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier59.7%62.3%
Social housing14.8%17.1%
Privately rented25.5%20.5%
Detached houses44.3%22.9%
Flats7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019356 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£440,00013 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£410,000–£630,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£524,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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