Hawthorn Community Primary School

Hawthorn Community Primary School has made significant progress since its establishment, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas during its first Ofsted inspection. The school is characterized by a welcoming and inclusive environment, where staff foster positive relationships with pupils, leading to high attendance and overall happiness. Parents show strong support for the school, reflecting confidence in the leadership and the educational quality provided. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that all pupils achieve expected writing standards and in expanding extracurricular opportunities to support broader personal development.

Strengths

• Warm and trusting relationships between staff and pupils
• High expectations leading to positive behaviour among students
• Strong leadership and high staff morale
• A broad and ambitious curriculum in place
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Positive culture of reading with enthusiastic engagement from students

Areas for Improvement

• Writing standards are not consistently high, especially in foundation subjects
• Assessment practices need further development across all subjects
• Limited extracurricular clubs and activities for student engagement

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 Community Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% 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 Hawthorn Community 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 Hawthorn Community Primary School had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 11.9% of pupils at Hawthorn Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% 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 Hawthorn Community Primary School received £6,158 and spent £5,538 for each of its 316 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £0 (£0 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Symphony Learning Trust, income was £6,407 and spending £6,172 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 Kettering · North Northamptonshire local authority: places and applications

Hawthorn Community Primary School is part of Symphony Learning Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Rushton Primary School Kettering
• Havelock Junior School Kettering
• Havelock Infant School Kettering
• Loatlands Primary School Kettering
• Foxton Primary School Market Harborough
• Thythorn Field Community Primary School Wigston
• The Meadow Community Primary School Wigston
• Fairfield Community Primary School Wigston
• Old Mill Primary School Leicester
• Glen Hills Primary School Leicester

What is Hawthorn Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hawthorn Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Hawthorn Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hawthorn Community Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Hawthorn Community Primary School have?

Hawthorn Community Primary School has 312 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hawthorn Community Primary School cover?

Hawthorn Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hawthorn Community Primary School?

Hawthorn Community Primary School is at Hawthorn Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7HT.