King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from a Requires Improvement to a Good rating overall. The school has developed a strong curriculum that meets national standards and supports students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), in achieving better outcomes. Pupils are happy, engaged, and benefit from a rich variety of extracurricular activities that support their personal development. However, there are still areas for growth, particularly regarding attendance and ensuring that all teaching effectively utilizes assessment data to enhance learning retention.

Strengths

• Strong curriculum aligning with national standards.
• High expectations for pupil achievement.
• Good support for pupils with SEND.
• Effective behaviour management leading to improved pupil conduct.
• Robust personal development and enrichment programs.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment data by some teachers.
• Ongoing attendance issues among a minority of pupils.

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 King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes attended 85.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 43.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 16.6% of pupils at King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were 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 King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes had 15.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 19.6% of pupils at King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes received £9,978 and spent £9,234 for each of its 671 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £288,000 (£430 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of The Great Schools Trust, income was £8,583 and spending £8,402 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bootle · Sefton local authority: places and applications

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes is part of The Great Schools Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• King's Lander Primary Academy Liverpool
• King's Leadership Academy Wavertree Liverpool
• King's Northway Primary Academy Liverpool
• King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool Liverpool
• King's Leadership Academy Warrington Warrington
• King's Leadership Academy Bolton Bolton

What is King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes have?

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes has 708 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes cover?

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 35.7, and 17% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes?

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes is at Fernhill Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ.