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Hawkes Farm Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Hawks Road, Hailsham BN27 1ND · hawkesfarmacademy.org · 01323 841466
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. East Sussex 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · East Sussex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 328
- 78% of 420 places
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 28%
- First language not English
- 5.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: East Sussex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 39 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 39 | 26 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 26 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 32 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 53 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across East Sussex it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114438)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hawkes Farm Academy on 19 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114438), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Nov 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114438)
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 57
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (47%) with SEND