Hawes Side Academy
About the school
Hawes Side Academy is an open primary school in Blackpool.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 2 February 2022
- Published
- 21 March 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 40%
- Blackpool
- 55%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Blackpool
- 4%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 49%
- Blackpool
- 69%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 60%
- Blackpool
- 65%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 43%
- Blackpool
- 68%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 52%
- Blackpool
- 68%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 14%
- Blackpool
- 24%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Blackpool
- 77%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 100
- Blackpool
- 104
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 98
- Blackpool
- 103
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Blackpool
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
412
Girls
48.06%
Boys
51.94%
SEN support
13.83%
Education, health and care plan
1.70%
English as an additional language
5.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
38.83%
Overall absence
7.5
Persistent absence
23.1