Mount Hawke Academy
Rodda's Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRE ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Miss Catherine Biddick
- Sponsor
- ASPIRE Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 241
- URN
- 136597
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01209890230
About this school
Mount Hawke Academy is a primary academy in Truro. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 241 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mount Hawke Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 45 | 43 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 79% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 16% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 84% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 91% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 84% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
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 Mount Hawke Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cornwall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 296 |
| 2023/24 | 282 |
| 2024/25 | 259 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mount Hawke Academy compares
Mount Hawke Academy ranked 32nd of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 4.2% | 8.5% | 241 | — |
| Blackwater Community Primary School | 75% | 3.8% | 12.8% | 128 | 1.4 miles |
| St Agnes Academy | 62% | 4.6% | 12.3% | 386 | 2.0 miles |
| Mithian School | 63% | 4% | 5.9% | 73 | 2.5 miles |
| Treleigh Community Primary School | 52% | 4.4% | 25.4% | 314 | 2.6 miles |
| Chacewater Community Primary School | 59% | 5.1% | 14.4% | 203 | 2.9 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.49%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.21%
- Persistent absence
- 7.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blackwater Community Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Truro
-
St Agnes Academy2.0 miles
Primary · St Agnes
-
Mithian School2.5 miles
Primary · St Agnes
-
Treleigh Community Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Redruth
-
Chacewater Community Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Truro
Other schools in Truro
Mount Hawke Academy ranks 2nd of the 24 ranked primary schools in Truro.
- Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School Primary
- Blackwater Community Primary School Primary
- Bosvigo School Primary
- Chacewater Community Primary School Primary
- Cusgarne Primary School Primary
- Devoran School Primary
- Gerrans School Primary
- Goonhavern Primary School Primary
- Grampound Road Village CofE School Primary
- Grampound-With-Creed CofE Primary School Primary
- Kea Community Primary School Primary
- Kennall Vale School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Mount Hawke Academy teach?
- Mount Hawke Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Truro.
- Who is the principal of Mount Hawke Academy?
- The principal of Mount Hawke Academy is Miss Catherine Biddick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mount Hawke Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mount Hawke Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Mount Hawke Academy?
- Mount Hawke Academy has 241 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Mount Hawke Academy full?
- Mount Hawke Academy has capacity for 315 pupils and 241 on roll (77%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mount Hawke Academy a faith school?
- No. Mount Hawke Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Mount Hawke Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Mount Hawke Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Is Mount Hawke Academy part of an academy trust?
- Mount Hawke Academy is part of ASPIRE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Mount Hawke Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mount Hawke Academy compare with other schools in Cornwall?
- Mount Hawke Academy ranked 32nd of 209 primary schools in Cornwall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mount Hawke Academy's absence rate?
- Mount Hawke Academy's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mount Hawke Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mount Hawke Academy'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 1 July 2026.