Hawes Primary School

Hawes Primary School has demonstrated a good level of performance across all evaluated areas during its first inspection since becoming an academy. The school environment is positive, with pupils expressing enjoyment in their learning, particularly in subjects like mathematics, where teachers are effectively engaging them. Behavior is commendable, with pupils displaying politeness and respect toward each other and adults. The school's efforts in strengthening the curriculum and enhancing parental involvement reflect a commitment to continuous improvement and student success.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy school and have a positive attitude towards learning.
• Teachers receive extensive training, leading to effective subject knowledge.
• Mathematics instruction is well-planned, enhancing pupils' basic skills.
• Reading corners and daily phonics sessions support strong reading development.
• Personal, social, and health education broadens pupils' awareness of diversity.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements are in place.
• The school benefits from strong support and training from the trust.

Areas for Improvement

• Not all subjects have coherent schemes of work planned.
• Monitoring of recent curriculum changes has not yet been thoroughly implemented.

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 Hawes Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Hawes Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Hawes Primary School had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 12.5% of pupils at Hawes Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 2024–25 Hawes Primary School received £9,998 and spent £10,951 for each of its 49 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £100,000 (£2,055 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Yorkshire Collaborative Academy Trust, income was £7,313 and spending £7,615 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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Hawes Primary School is part of Yorkshire Collaborative Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Leyburn Primary School Leyburn
• Threshfield Primary School Skipton
• Summerbridge Primary School Harrogate
• Bradleys Both Community Primary School Keighley
• Cononley Primary School Keighley
• Lothersdale Primary School Keighley
• Darley Primary School Harrogate
• Askwith Primary School Otley
• Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School Harrogate
• Osmotherley Primary School Northallerton

What is Hawes Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hawes Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Hawes Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hawes Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Hawes Primary School have?

Hawes Primary School has 48 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hawes Primary School cover?

Hawes Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hawes Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hawes Primary School?

Hawes Primary School is at Town Head, Hawes, North Yorkshire, DL8 3RQ.