The Hawthorns School is fortunate to have a fabulous group of kind, curious and bright learners who make up our cohort. We have grown steadily since we first opened our doors in January 2023, and we are now at our capacity of 70 pupils.

Our pupils range in age from 7-16, with admittance to the school being from Year 3. The majority of our cohort are boys, with only 10 girls.

All of our pupils have a diagnosis of Autism. This needs to be the primary barrier to learning for pupils to attend The Hawthorns School. However, pupils have a number of co-occuring conditions that impact on their ability to engage in learning and the world around them.

Our 70 pupils have the following formal diagnoses:

The complexity of co-occurring diagnosis is a challenge our pupils face daily. Over 40% of our pupils have more than 3 diagnoses.

We are aware of other barriers to learning our pupils face. We have taken a snapshot of the charactieristics / areas we feel are most impactful on our cohort:

We have 3 Curriculum Pathways at The Hawthorns School. These are explained fully in our Curriculum section of the website. The majority of our pupils are accessing the Engagement Curriculum Pathway.

Engagement Pathway

KS2 – 31 pupils, 44%

KS3 – 15 pupils, 21%

Core Pathway

KS2 – 5 pupils, 7%

KS3 – 19 pupils, 27%

Enhancing Pathway

KS2 – 0 pupils

KS3 – 0 pupils

Our Class composition is:

The Hawthorns School is proud to be a SCERTs School. We group our pupils based on their language development, identified under the SCERTs framework.