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Hawthorn Academy

  • Special
  • Free schools special
  • Ages 11 to 16

URN 151771 · Bracknell Forest · THE PROPELLER ACADEMY TRUST

In Bracknell Forest

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Ofsted’s file holds no inspection of this school yet. New and recently converted schools often have none.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Key stage 4 results

Against Bracknell Forest and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2024/25

Not publishedNot applicable to this school

Not compared with mainstream schools.

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2024/25.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2024/25

Not publishedNot applicable to this school

Not compared with mainstream schools.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2024/25.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2024/25

Not publishedNot applicable to this school

Not compared with mainstream schools.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Bracknell Forest and England, special schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

4.0

Bracknell Forest
6.4
England
7.3

3.3 lower than England.

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

Not publishedNot published for this school

Bracknell Forest
4.1 days
England
5.0 days

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
12
Capacity
50
Type
Free schools special
Phase
Special
Age range
11 to 16
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
THE PROPELLER ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 September 2025
Setting
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Bracknell
Special educational needs provision
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Resourced provision
Resourced provision
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 9 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Old Wokingham Road, Wokingham, RG40 3BT

Website: www.hawthornacademy.org.uk

Telephone: 01183592449

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Sources and corrections

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Hawthorn Academy, URN 151771. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/151771/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.