Hawkedon Primary School
Hawkedon Way, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 3AP
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Hawkedon Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elaine Hughes
- Constituency
- Wokingham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 628
- URN
- 109929
- Local authority
- Wokingham
About this school
Hawkedon Primary School was a community primary school in Reading. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 628 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hawkedon Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 90 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 86% | 84% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 23% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.20 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +3.30 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hawkedon Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wokingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 86% | 66% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 84% | 67.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 68.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 632 |
| 2023/24 | 628 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hawkedon Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 80% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.5% | 6.5% | 628 | — |
| Hawkedon Primary School | 86% | 4.4% | 7% | 596 | 0.0 miles |
| Loddon Primary School | 73% | 5.2% | 7.3% | 511 | 0.3 miles |
| Radstock Primary School | — | — | — | 341 | 1.0 miles |
| Aldryngton Primary School | 82% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 314 | 1.0 miles |
| South Lake Primary School | 77% | 4.4% | 13.8% | 443 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.5%
- English as an additional language
- 54.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.5%
- Persistent absence
- 7.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hawkedon Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Reading
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Loddon Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Reading
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Radstock Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Reading
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Aldryngton Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Reading
-
South Lake Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Reading
Other schools in Reading
- Aldermaston C.E. Primary School Primary
- Aldryngton Primary School Primary
- Alfred Sutton Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- All Saints Junior School Primary
- Basildon C.E. Primary School Primary
- Battle Primary Academy Primary
- Beechwood Primary School Primary
- Beenham Primary School Primary
- Birch Copse Primary School Primary
- Bradfield C.E. Primary School Primary
- Brimpton C.E. Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hawkedon Primary School teach?
- Hawkedon Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Reading.
- Has Hawkedon Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hawkedon Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hawkedon Primary School?
- Hawkedon Primary School had 628 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Hawkedon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 86% in 2022/23 and 84% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hawkedon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hawkedon Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2024.