Primary
Hawkchurch Church of England School
Hawkchurch, Axminster, EX13 5XD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 43 of 56 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.2
- Local authority
- Devon
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 4.9
- Pupils per adult
- 8.4
- Pupils
- 41
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
56%
14 points above the Axminster average (42% across 7 schools)
109.0
5.0 above the Axminster average (104.0 across 7 schools)
3rd of 8 by our score, among the primary schools in Axminster we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2023/2024
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 101 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 56% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Hawkchurch, Axminster, EX13 5XD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Devon admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head of Teaching & Learning
- Sam Weir
- Address
- Hawkchurch, Axminster, EX13 5XD
- Telephone
- 01297678331