Mount Hawke Academy
General Information
- Address: Rodda's Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BA – View on map
- Phone: 01209890230
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Catherine Biddick
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 97% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 11 · 2025 12 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 18
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.5%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Cornwall: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Cornwall, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 76% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 75% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 75%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 83% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 41 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 32nd of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- =27Perranporth Community Primary School77%
- =27St Columb Major Academy77%
- #32Mount Hawke Academy76%
- =33Blackwater Community Primary School75%
- =33Camelford Community Primary School75%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,575 (2024-25)
205th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #203St Catherine's CofE Primary School£5,590
- #204Duloe CofE VA Primary Academy£5,581
- #205Mount Hawke Academy£5,575
- #206Carclaze Community Primary School£5,565
- #207St Uny CofE Academy£5,533
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