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Primary school in Axminster, Devon

Hawkchurch Church of England School

Hawkchurch, Axminster, Devon, EX13 5XD

Church of England
School website 01297678331
Ofsted No grade March 2025
Pupils 43 77% full

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 4 March 2025.

This inspection did not give an overall grade. Read the report for Ofsted's findings; it cannot be compared as a single score with a historic grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Report card — no overall grade
Last overall grade in this dataset
Not stored — this dataset keeps the latest inspection, which has no overall grade
Days since inspection
577 days
Framework era
Current framework (no overall grade)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

key stage 2 results 2024/25

Not published for this URN in the current phase-appropriate school performance release.

Evidence found
No publishable key stage 2 headline attainment value for this exact URN.
Source coverage
DfE school-level 2024/25 performance files, joined by URN. Suppressed, not applicable and not published cells remain distinct from zero.
What this means
School Facts has no official phase-compatible attainment figure to display for this establishment and year.
What this does not mean
The school had no pupils, achieved 0%, performed poorly, or lacks results outside this release.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
43
Places
56
How full
77% full — 43 of 56 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
17 / 26
Overall absence
9%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
19%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
35%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
8%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
36%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
0

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
0

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
2

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Not published

No station within 5km

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,000

postcode sector EX13 5 · 301 sales

Typical range
£197,000 to £342,500

middle half of sales

Detached
£387,500
Semi-detached
£265,000
Terraced
£230,000
Flat
£126,000

Homes around this school are close to the England average.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
34%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
13%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
11%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
17%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
43%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
72%

England 62.7%

Social housing
9%

England 17%

Privately rented
12%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
37%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
19%

England 22.5%

No car
8%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for East Devon 005G and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Head of Teaching & Learning: Sam Weir
Opened as this establishment
1 September 2016
Register status
Open
Local authority
Devon
Ward
Yarty
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth
URN
143187

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

1.10 2017/18: 0.83 first choices per place2018/19: 1.00 first choices per place2019/20: 1.00 first choices per place2020/21: 1.00 first choices per place2021/22: 1.00 first choices per place2022/23: 1.00 first choices per place2023/24: 1.00 first choices per place2024/25: 1.00 first choices per place2025/26: 1.00 first choices per place20172019202120232025
All 9 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2017/18 6 5 0.83 100%
2018/19 11 11 1.00 100%
2019/20 8 8 1.00 100%
2020/21 4 4 1.00 100%
2021/22 5 5 1.00 100%
2022/23 2 2 1.00 100%
2023/24 2 2 1.00 100%
2024/25 6 6 1.00 100%
2025/26 6 6 1.00 100%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Marshwood CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter Requires improvement 2024 17% 2.2 mi
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 75% 2.7 mi
Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 — 2.8 mi
Axminster Community Primary AcademyAcademy converter No overall grade 27% 2.9 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, AxminsterAcademy converter No overall grade 65% 3 mi
St Andrew's CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter Requires improvement 2024 — 3.4 mi
Tatworth Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 50% 3.5 mi
Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2024 0% 4.2 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Frosterley Primary SchoolCommunity school Bishop Auckland Good 2024 —
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Chelmsford Good 2024 —
The North Cotes Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school North Cotes Good 2023 —
The New Leake Primary SchoolCommunity school Boston No overall grade 63%
Lons Infant SchoolCommunity school Ripley No overall grade —
Gedney Drove End Primary SchoolCommunity school Spalding No overall grade 63%
Lowca Community SchoolCommunity school Whitehaven Good 2024 67%
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, WinfarthingVoluntary aided school Diss Good 2024 25%
Christ The King Catholic School, AmesburyAcademy sponsor led Amesbury Report card 2026 —
Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, TorquayAcademy converter Torquay Good 2022 —
Surfleet Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Spalding Good 2024 54%
Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Preston Report card 2026 —

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 143187; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 4 March 2025
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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