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Mount Hawke Academy

Cornwall, TR4 8BAPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Good
Oct 2024
KS2 Results
79%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.2×
Oversubscribed
37 1st-choice / 30 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#1690 of 13,686 nationally

About Mount Hawke Academy

Mount Hawke Academy has been rated Outstanding across every category in its most recent Ofsted inspection, a grade it has now held consistently since at least 2013. The inspection, which took place in October 2024, awarded top marks for quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. That judgement is backed up by the school's Key Stage 2 results, which place it firmly among the strongest primary schools in Cornwall. In the 2023/24 academic year, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the local authority average of 58%. That performance puts Mount Hawke 16th out of 208 primary schools in Cornwall, landing it in the top 8% of the county. Nationally, it sits in the top 13% of all primary schools, a strong showing for a relatively small village school.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressRodda's Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8BA
HeadteacherCatherine Biddick
Local AuthorityCornwall
Number of Pupils259
Free School Meals (FSM)8.5%
School Capacity259 / 315 (82% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

15 Oct 2024
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Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Early Years Provision
Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 18 Nov 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

Mental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:45-08:30

After-school care

15:15-17:00

Source: mounthawke.org. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Mount Hawke Academy has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.