Hawthorn Tree School

Hawthorn Tree School maintains its status as a good school, characterized by a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and happy. The leadership team has established a comprehensive and ambitious curriculum that effectively builds on pupils' prior knowledge across subjects. Teachers are dedicated and have high expectations, fostering a positive school culture where extracurricular involvement is encouraged. Parents demonstrate strong support and appreciation for the school's efforts, highlighting the commitment of the teaching staff.

Strengths

• Strong leadership fostering a nurturing environment.
• Ambitious curriculum that builds on prior knowledge.
• High expectations and clear support for pupils with SEND.
• Effective early reading curriculum leading to confident readers.
• Pupils engage in a variety of extra-curricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects are not taught as effectively as others.
• Reading intervention strategies occasionally lack precision.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hawthorn Tree School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at Hawthorn Tree School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hawthorn Tree School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.1% of pupils at Hawthorn Tree School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hawthorn Tree School received £7,174 and spent £7,214 for each of its 364 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £75,000 (-£206 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Hawthorn Tree School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hawthorn Tree School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Hawthorn Tree School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hawthorn Tree School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Hawthorn Tree School have?

Hawthorn Tree School has 364 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hawthorn Tree School cover?

Hawthorn Tree School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hawthorn Tree School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hawthorn Tree School?

Hawthorn Tree School is at Toot Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 0PT.