Hardwick House School
Hardwick House School is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 7 to 19. It has 50 pupils and room for 52.
190 Forest Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3HU01509 218203hardwickhouseschool.comMrs Sarah Unwin headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
5 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Leicestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 50 | 44 | 40 | 42 | 39 | 37 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountfields Lodge School | Academy | 70 m | 468 | Good 2022 | 17 | Compare |
| Compass Community School Mountfields Park | Independent | 110 m | 23 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 350 m | 203 | Not inspected | 92 | Compare |
| Loughborough College | Further education | 570 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Loughborough Church of England Primary School | Academy | 730 m | 150 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
| Sense College Loughborough | Special post 16 institution | 750 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Loughborough University | Higher education institutions | 780 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Loughborough High School | Independent (grammar) | 0.7 miles | 564 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hardwick House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hardwick House School yet.
How many pupils does Hardwick House School have?
50 pupils aged 7 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 52 places, so it is 96% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 190 Forest Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3HU
- Telephone
- 01509 218203
- Website
- www.hardwickhouseschool.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Unwin
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 7-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward
- Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 17 July 2014 (new provision)
- URN
- 141127 · LAESTAB 8556033 · UKPRN 10080777
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.