School Chooser

Hawkswood Therapeutic

Pupil referral unit / alternative provision · ages 11-16MixedPupil referral unit0 pupilsWaltham Forest
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedStrong teachingOfsted report card, November 2025
Pupils from low-income families0%Far fewer than most schools
Places32 spare0 pupils, 32 places
Pupils per teacher3.5School workforce census
Pupils on roll0Census January 2026

Hawkswood Therapeutic is a pupil referral unit in Chingford for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 0 pupils and room for 32. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in November 2025 and gave it a report card, which is below.

Antlers Hill, Chingford, E4 7RT020 8289 4642hawkswoodgroup.org.ukMrs Sarah Smith associate headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 25 November 2025. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
Strong
Achievement
Strong
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
Strong
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
Strong
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
Strong
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
Strong
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
23 November 2023UngradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

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 Waltham Forest council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll0Census January 2026
Places320% full
Pupils from low-income families0%0% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan0 pupils with a plan
White British pupils0%
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll001222
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%50%50%100%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0%0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support0%0%0%50%0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans0%100%100%50%100%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

Where the 6 pupils who left in 2020/21 were a year later.

Still in education, work or training100%and stayed there for at least six months

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers5.6full-time equivalent, 7 people
Pupils per teacher3.5Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants0.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£59,080
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher1.32024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£41,748England £7,738. Total £626k
Income per pupil£52,417England £7,697. Total £786k
Spent on teachers per pupil£21,715England £3,480
Money in reserve39%A lot put by: £306k, £20k per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£160kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£41,748spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m11912 months to June 2026, mostly anti-social behaviour
Local crime rate79 per 1,000 people13% lower than the England average
Typical house price£530,000Waltham Forest
Nearest bus stop170 mHawkswood School, 6 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Hawkswood Primary PRUPupil referral unit0 m0Outstanding 2024Compare
Yardley Primary SchoolAcademy270 m551Outstanding 2023100Compare
Normanhurst SchoolIndependent (grammar)0.8 miles213Not inspectedCompare
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.8 miles209Good 202383Compare
Chingford Foundation SchoolAcademy0.8 miles1,363Good 202349Compare
Chingford CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England1.0 miles406No overall grade 202454Compare
Parkside Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles672Good 202352Compare
Heathcote School & Science CollegeCouncil1.3 miles1,115Good 202442Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Hawkswood Therapeutic a good school?

Hawkswood Therapeutic doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from November 2025 rated its teaching as strong.

What is Hawkswood Therapeutic's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 25 November 2025 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.

How many pupils does Hawkswood Therapeutic have?

0 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 32 places, so it is 0% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Antlers Hill, Chingford, E4 7RT
Telephone
020 8289 4642
Website
www.hawkswoodgroup.org.uk
Associate Headteacher
Mrs Sarah Smith
Type of school
Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Ward
Chingford Green
Constituency
Chingford and Woodford Green
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 December 2011 (new provision)
URN
137677 · LAESTAB 3201109 · UKPRN 10036007

Where these figures come from