Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hartlepool
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard
- 15 March 2022Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry562 applications · 264 places offered · 239 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Hartlepool median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Hartlepool median median 2.1
- 2024 2.2; Hartlepool median median 2.2
- 2023 2.1; Hartlepool median median 2.1
- 2022 2.5; Hartlepool median median 2.4
- 2021 2.2; Hartlepool median median 2.2
- 2020 2.5; Hartlepool median median 2.5
- 2019 2.4; Hartlepool median median 2.2
- 2018 2.2; Hartlepool median median 1.8
- 2017 2.4; Hartlepool median median 1.9
- 2016 2.8; Hartlepool median median 2.1
- 2015 2.7; Hartlepool median median 2.5
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 264 | 562 | 2.1 | 239 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 266 | 554 | 2.1 | 250 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 270 | 594 | 2.2 | 234 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 265 | 567 | 2.1 | 227 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 240 | 600 | 2.5 | 218 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 262 | 586 | 2.2 | 248 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 250 | 628 | 2.5 | 256 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 250 | 592 | 2.4 | 247 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 249 | 536 | 2.2 | 274 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 252 | 604 | 2.4 | 300 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2016 | 250 | 707 | 2.8 | 294 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 | 249 | 663 | 2.7 | 302 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 | 245 | 424 | 1.7 | 243 | 0.99 |
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.) | 250 | 46.3 | 54% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 237 | 49.2 | 57% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 246 | 44.7 | 47% | 68% | −0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 241 | 43.6 | 49% | 71% | −0.26 |
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
- Dyke House Sports and Technology CollegeThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · HartlepoolRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · HartlepoolGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · HartlepoolGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · Hartlepool20251.7applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · County DurhamGood20231.7applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · Stockton-on-TeesGood20221.9applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · County DurhamOutstanding20241.9applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · Stockton-on-TeesGood20231.5applications per place 44.8Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139405 · 805/4001
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,360 pupils · 1,293 on roll
- Free school meals
- 56.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2013
- Replaced
- Dyke House Sports and Technology College (URN 111746)
- Address
- Mapleton Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8NQ
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources