Lady Hawkins' School
Park View, Kington, HR5 3AR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LADY HAWKINS’ SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Allen Brace
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 510
- Pupils on roll
- 281
- URN
- 137608
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01544230441
About this school
Lady Hawkins' School is a secondary academy in Kington. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 281 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 56 | 61 | 51 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.0 | 41.7 | 43.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.33 -0.73 to +0.07 | -0.48 -0.88 to -0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 31.1% | 49% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 60.7% | 70.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16% | 29.5% | 29.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lady Hawkins' 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 | Herefordshire, County of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40 | 39.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.7 | 38.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.3 | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 263 |
| 2023/24 | 267 |
| 2024/25 | 253 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lady Hawkins' School compares
Lady Hawkins' School ranked 10th of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.3 | 8.3% | 19.8% | 281 | — |
| Weobley High School | 47.8 | 7.1% | 16.5% | 533 | 7.9 miles |
| Wigmore School | 48.4 | 7.4% | 16.2% | 467 | 10.9 miles |
| Kington Primary School | — | 4.9% | 27.4% | 207 | 0.3 miles |
| Summergil House School | — | — | — | — | 2.9 miles |
| Gladestry C.I.W. School | — | — | — | — | 3.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.76%
- English as an additional language
- 10.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.3%
- Persistent absence
- 22.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Weobley High School7.9 miles
Secondary · Hereford
-
Wigmore School10.9 miles
Secondary · Leominster
-
Kington Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Kington
-
Summergil House School2.9 miles
Welsh schools · Presteigne
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Gladestry C.I.W. School3.7 miles
Welsh schools · Herefordshire
Other schools in Kington
- Kington Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lady Hawkins' School teach?
- Lady Hawkins' School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Kington.
- Who is the headteacher of Lady Hawkins' School?
- The headteacher of Lady Hawkins' School is Mr Allen Brace, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lady Hawkins' School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lady Hawkins' School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lady Hawkins' School?
- Lady Hawkins' School has 281 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Lady Hawkins' School full?
- Lady Hawkins' School has capacity for 510 pupils and 281 on roll (55%), 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 Lady Hawkins' School a faith school?
- No. Lady Hawkins' School has no designated religious character.
- Is Lady Hawkins' School a selective school?
- No. Lady Hawkins' School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lady Hawkins' School?
- Lady Hawkins' School is part of LADY HAWKINS’ SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lady Hawkins' School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40 in 2022/23 and 43.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lady Hawkins' School rank locally?
- Lady Hawkins' School ranked 10th of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lady Hawkins' School's absence rate?
- Lady Hawkins' School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lady Hawkins' School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lady Hawkins' 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 1 July 2026.