Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School converted to an academy in 2011, inspired by the opportunity to take the lead in its own destiny and maximise benefits from the new academy freedoms. It is a forward thinking school which has earned a strong reputation for high academic success, excellence in the arts and a wide variety of sporting achievement.  In 2015, it was approved as a sponsor school by the Department for Education.  In 2016, a tender application to open the new school at Radstone Fields in Brackley was successful, with a target opening date of September 2018. The multi-academy Hawksmoor Learning Trust was officially formed in December 2016.