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Academy sponsor led · Hartlepool

Manor Community Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 984Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 141686URN

Owton Manor Lane, Hartlepool, TS25 3PS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.4 below Hartlepool median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hartlepool

280 applications for 168 places · 5th of 5 in Hartlepool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.3of 90
2nd of 5 in Hartlepool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 11 November 2025Published 11 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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

  1. 11 November 2025
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 22 September 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Hartlepool median (2.1) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

280 applications · 168 places offered · 163 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Hartlepool median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.7; Hartlepool median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.9; Hartlepool median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.7; Hartlepool median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.6; Hartlepool median median 2.4
  6. 2021 1.6; Hartlepool median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.6; Hartlepool median median 2.5
  8. 2019 1.5; Hartlepool median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.7; Hartlepool median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.5; Hartlepool median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.6; Hartlepool median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.7; Hartlepool median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Hartlepool median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hartlepool median in 0 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Hartlepool median

Dashed bars: as Manor College of Technology (URN 111749), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261682801.71630.97
Sep 20251903161.71670.88
Sep 20241562881.91460.94
Sep 20231883111.71690.90
Sep 20222013261.61910.95
Sep 20212143491.61870.87
Sep 20201983181.61650.83
Sep 20192293351.51850.81
Sep 20181893111.71710.90
Sep 20172403521.52140.89
Sep 20162343761.61970.84
Sep 2015 *2083461.71850.89
Sep 2014 *2283401.52170.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

207 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.32nd of 5 in Hartlepool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%2nd of 5 in Hartlepool
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Hartlepool median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.40
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20744.351%72%–
2024/2518546.950%75%–
2023/2422342.138%63%−0.40
2022/2316944.349%70%−0.20

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

  • 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
141686 · 805/4002
Trust
Northern Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,326 pupils · 984 on roll
Free school meals
55.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 March 2015
Replaced
Manor College of Technology (URN 111749)
Address
Owton Manor Lane, Hartlepool, TS25 3PS
Local authority
Hartlepool

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources