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St Hild's Church of England School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 581Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 148532URN

King Oswy Drive, West View, Hartlepool, TS24 9PB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.3 below Hartlepool median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hartlepool

190 applications for 109 places · 4th of 5 in Hartlepool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.1of 90
5th of 5 in Hartlepool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 19 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

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
0.3 below Hartlepool median (2.1) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

190 applications · 109 places offered · 85 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.7; Hartlepool median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.6; Hartlepool median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.9; Hartlepool median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.6; Hartlepool median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.6; Hartlepool median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.1; Hartlepool median median 2.2; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.6; Hartlepool median median 2.5; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.7; Hartlepool median median 2.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.3; Hartlepool median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.4; Hartlepool median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; Hartlepool median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.5; 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 5 years.
  • This school
  • Hartlepool median

Dashed bars: as St Hild's Church of England Voluntary Aided School (URN 133293), Henry Smith School (URN 111747), 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 20261091901.7850.78
Sep 20251141851.6740.65
Sep 20241082051.9860.80
Sep 20231332161.61110.83
Sep 20221522471.61360.89
Sep 2021 *1032112.11000.97
Sep 2020 *1442301.61130.78
Sep 2019 *1312211.71050.80
Sep 2018 *1622031.31310.81
Sep 2017 *1622211.41270.78
Sep 2016 *1442011.41170.81
Sep 2015 *1452221.51310.90
Sep 2014 *1342001.51280.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

97 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.15th of 5 in Hartlepool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths26%5th of 5 in Hartlepool
Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%
  • This school
  • Hartlepool median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)9736.126%50%–
2024/2512334.025%40%–
2023/2413232.815%39%−1.20
2022/2315637.124%49%−0.80

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
148532 · 805/4003
Trust
Neat Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
991 pupils · 581 on roll
Free school meals
52.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2021
Replaced
St Hild's Church of England Voluntary Aided School (URN 133293); Henry Smith School (URN 111747)
Address
King Oswy Drive, West View, Hartlepool, TS24 9PB
Local authority
Hartlepool

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