Hawes Side Academy
Primary schoolHawes Side Academy is a primary school in Blackpool, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 340 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, special measures
- Inspection
- Report card, 14 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 40% of pupils at Hawes Side Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 55% in Blackpool and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 55% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 4% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98 | 103 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Spen Brook SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file410 m
- Highfield Leadership AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 35.2 (2025/26, provisional)410 m
- Marton Primary Academy and NurseryPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
- South Shore AcademySecondary. Inadequate (overall), June 2023, before the school changed, special measures. Attainment 8 of 34.4 (2025/26, provisional)970 m
- Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, BlackpoolPrimary. School remains Good, April 2023. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
- St Cuthbert's Catholic AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Blackpool
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).