George Hastwell School Special Academy
State-Funded School
Not published
Not judged
About the School
George Hastwell School Special Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Westmorland and Furness, North West.
It currently serves 99 pupils. George Hastwell School Special Academy is part of The Eden Academy.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2024
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Requires improvement
Quality ofeducation
Requires improvement
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Requires improvement
Early yearsprovision
Requires improvement
Sixth formprovision
Requires improvement
Academic Performance
No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
67%Boys
33%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 3 – 19
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 99
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
- MAT name
- The Eden Academy
Inspection history
3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2024 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Good | Requires improvement | Not judged |
| 25 Jul 2022 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Requires improvement |
| 17 Jul 2018 | Requires improvement | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Requires improvement |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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