# Schools in Hartlepool 35 schools with published admissions figures "1st preferences per place" is how many families named a school first, for each place it offered, in the newest year held. It describes demand. It is not a pass rate and it does not say whether a child would be offered a place. A dash means the figure is not held. ## How the 2026 round went Counts families, not schools. The table below cannot be added up into these figures, because a child naming three schools appears in three of its rows. ### Primary For September 2026, 98.3% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.6% were offered one of the three schools they named. That is 2.2 points higher than in 2016, when it was 96.0%. The council's primary schools between them had 1,246 places for 979 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it. ### Secondary For September 2026, 92.7% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.5% were offered one of the three schools they named. That is 1.0 points higher than in 2016, when it was 91.8%. The council's secondary schools between them had 1,207 places for 1,061 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it. ## If a family is refused a place In 2026, families in Hartlepool lodged 64 appeals about a school place. 61 of them were heard by a panel and 12 succeeded, which is about 20 in every 100 heard. The other 3 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first. This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal. Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged. ## Schools here running specialist SEN provision 6 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school. | School | Phase | What it runs | |---|---|---| | [Grange Primary School, Hartlepool](/school/150414/grange-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision | | [Greatham CofE Primary School, Hartlepool](/school/149507/greatham-cofe-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision | | [Kingsley Primary School, Hartlepool](/school/111601/kingsley-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision | | [St Helen's Primary School, Hartlepool](/school/148986/st-helen-s-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision | | [High Tunstall College of Science, Hartlepool](/school/111748/high-tunstall-college-of-science) | secondary | Resourced provision | | [Manor Community Academy, Hartlepool](/school/141686/manor-community-academy) | secondary | Resourced provision | This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England. ## Primary | School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted | |---|---:|---| | [Barnard Grove Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/146856/barnard-grove-primary-school) | 0.96 | Standards maintained | | [Brougham Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/142965/brougham-primary-school) | 0.95 | Not judged | | [Clavering Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/151211/clavering-primary-school) | 0.93 | - | | [Eldon Grove Academy (Hartlepool)](/school/139851/eldon-grove-academy) | 0.99 | School remains Good | | [Eskdale Academy (Hartlepool)](/school/139584/eskdale-academy) | 1.00 | Expected standard | | [Fens Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/111600/fens-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good | | [Golden Flatts Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/151741/golden-flatts-primary-school) | 1.00 | Requires improvement | | [Grange Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/150414/grange-primary-school) | 1.00 | - | | [Greatham CofE Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/149507/greatham-cofe-primary-school) | - | Strong standard | | [Hart Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/145813/hart-primary-school) | 1.13 | Good | | [Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/144901/holy-trinity-church-of-england-primary-school) | 1.03 | Good | | [Jesmond Gardens Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/143215/jesmond-gardens-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good | | [Kingsley Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/111601/kingsley-primary-school) | 1.00 | Standards maintained | | [Lynnfield Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/151742/lynnfield-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good | | [Rift House Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/111640/rift-house-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good | | [Rossmere Academy (Hartlepool)](/school/149030/rossmere-academy) | 1.00 | Standards maintained | | [Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (Hartlepool)](/school/148279/sacred-heart-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool) | 0.96 | Good | | [St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/144902/st-aidan-s-church-of-england-memorial-primary-school) | 1.00 | Expected standard | | [St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (Hartlepool)](/school/148280/st-bega-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool) | 1.00 | Not judged | | [St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (Hartlepool)](/school/148380/st-cuthbert-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool) | 1.07 | School remains Good | | [St Helen's Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/148986/st-helen-s-primary-school) | 1.00 | Standards maintained | | [St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (Hartlepool)](/school/148817/st-john-vianney-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool) | 0.96 | Outstanding | | [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (Hartlepool)](/school/148366/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool) | 0.92 | Good | | [St Peter's Elwick Church of England Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/145814/st-peter-s-elwick-church-of-england-primary-school) | - | Good | | [St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/148367/st-teresa-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good | | [Stranton Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/139884/stranton-primary-school) | 1.00 | Outstanding | | [Throston Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/111612/throston-primary-school) | 0.97 | Expected standard | | [Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/149661/ward-jackson-church-of-england-primary-school) | 1.00 | Expected standard | | [West Park Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/141717/west-park-primary-school) | 1.22 | School remains Good | | [West View Primary School (Hartlepool)](/school/141627/west-view-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good | ## Secondary | School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted | |---|---:|---| | [Dyke House Sports and Technology College (Hartlepool)](/school/139405/dyke-house-sports-and-technology-college) | 0.91 | Outstanding | | [English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College (Hartlepool)](/school/140867/english-martyrs-catholic-school-and-sixth-form-college) | 0.91 | Not judged | | [High Tunstall College of Science (Hartlepool)](/school/111748/high-tunstall-college-of-science) | 1.29 | Not judged | | [Manor Community Academy (Hartlepool)](/school/141686/manor-community-academy) | 0.97 | Strong standard | | [St Hild's Church of England School (Hartlepool)](/school/148532/st-hild-s-church-of-england-school) | 0.78 | Requires improvement | Full page: /schools/hartlepool Figures from the Department for Education, Ofsted and local authorities; each school's own page lists its sources and dates.