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Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school

Main Street, Hawkshead LA22 0NT · hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk · 01539 436354

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Good
Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
Key stage 2, 2024/25
83%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Westmorland and Furness 58%, England 62%
Last distance offered
No limit
Reception, September 2026 entry · Westmorland and Furness Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
30
43% of 70 places
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
16.7%
First language not English
0%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Westmorland and Furness Council’s document.

For Reception in September 2026, 3 families put the school first and 3 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 6 (Places 6)6September 2023: 4 (Places 4)4September 2024: 1 (Places 1)1September 2025: 3 (Places 3)3September 2026: 3 (Places 3)3Places 3
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026331100%
September 2025Sept 2025331100%
September 2024Sept 2024111100%
September 2023Sept 2023441100%
September 2022Sept 2022661100%

Results

In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Westmorland and Furness it was 58%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 50% (England 53%)50%2016/17: 50% (England 61%)50%2017/18: 82% (England 64%)82%2018/19: 70% (England 65%)70%2022/23: 63% (England 60%)63%2023/24: 67% (England 61%)67%2024/25: 83% (England 62%)83%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲83%62%
▲17%8%
Average scaled score
●104106
●104105
●104105

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 13 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School was: School remains Good.

Outcome
Remains Good
Inspected
13 Mar 2024
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jul 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Jun 2009Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
83%
Replies
18
41% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼84% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼72% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼78% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼50% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼78% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●78% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼64% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 61% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 22% who had a child bullied

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