School profile
The Hawthorns School
Thornhurst Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XT
Overview
The Hawthorns School is a special / send school (free schools special) in Chelmsford, East of England, for pupils aged 7–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Free schools special
- Establishment group
- Free Schools
- Age range
- Ages 7–16
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- School capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 69
- URN
- 149335
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Essex
- Academy trust or group
- SEAX TRUST
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Primary
2024/25 results
This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.
| Measure | School |
|---|---|
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — meeting the expected standard | 0% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — achieving a high score | 0% |
| Maths — meeting the expected standard | 0% |
| Maths — achieving a high score | 0% |
| Reading — meeting the expected standard | 0% |
| Reading — achieving a high score | 0% |
| Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard | 0% |
| Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard | 0% |
| Science — meeting the expected standard | 0% |
| Writing — meeting the expected standard | 0% |
| Writing — working at greater depth | 0% |
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 6 January 2026 · Published 28 May 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Thornhurst Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XT
- Local authority
- Essex
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