Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hartlepool
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 28 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 2 July 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry730 applications · 263 places offered · 339 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Hartlepool median median 2.1
- 2025 2.8; Hartlepool median median 2.1
- 2024 2.9; Hartlepool median median 2.2
- 2023 3.0; Hartlepool median median 2.1
- 2022 2.6; Hartlepool median median 2.4
- 2021 2.3; Hartlepool median median 2.2
- 2020 2.5; Hartlepool median median 2.5
- 2019 2.2; Hartlepool median median 2.2
- 2018 1.9; Hartlepool median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; Hartlepool median median 1.9
- 2016 2.1; Hartlepool median median 2.1
- 2015 2.5; Hartlepool median median 2.5
- 2014 1.9; Hartlepool median median 1.7
- This school
- Hartlepool median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 263 | 730 | 2.8 | 339 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2025 | 269 | 755 | 2.8 | 368 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2024 | 267 | 760 | 2.9 | 374 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2023 | 254 | 758 | 3.0 | 356 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2022 | 267 | 684 | 2.6 | 302 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 263 | 605 | 2.3 | 257 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 262 | 652 | 2.5 | 286 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 | 266 | 587 | 2.2 | 264 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 236 | 446 | 1.9 | 236 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 229 | 429 | 1.9 | 200 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 | 211 | 440 | 2.1 | 161 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2015 | 172 | 429 | 2.5 | 131 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 | 169 | 321 | 1.9 | 160 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 272 | 39.5 | 29% | 50% | – |
| 2024/25 | 274 | 44.3 | 48% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 271 | 44.4 | 37% | 61% | −0.32 |
| 2022/23 | 244 | 39.9 | 30% | 51% | −0.63 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- High Tunstall College of ScienceThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · HartlepoolGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Hartlepool20262.1applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · HartlepoolRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Hartlepool20251.7applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · Stockton-on-TeesGood20221.9applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · Stockton-on-TeesGood20231.5applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · County DurhamGood20231.7applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · County DurhamOutstanding20241.9applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 111748 · 805/4133
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,394 pupils · 1,399 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Address
- Elwick Road, West Park, Hartlepool, TS26 0LQ
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources