Hawthorn Tree School

Community school·Primary school Boston, Lincolnshire·PE21 0PT
Composite score
48.2
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#7,928
National rank
#656
In East Midlands
#105
In Lincolnshire
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
53 first choices, 53 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
98
any preference, for 53 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9820231.0020241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Hawthorn Tree School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
368
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
33.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,574
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Hawthorn Tree School is a primary school serving Boston, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 368 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Hawthorn Tree School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 53 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. Hawthorn Tree School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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