Most sought-after schools in Hartlepool

Ordered by how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out.

This list is sorted by one number: first preferences per place. For each school it is the number of families who named it first, divided by the number of offers it made, in the newest year we hold. A higher number means more families wanted a place than there were places.

This is not a list of the best schools. It does not measure how good a school is, how happy the children are, or how well they do. It also does not tell you whether a child would get a place: that depends on where you live, the year, and the council's rules. It only shows how many people applied.

#	School	First preferences per place	Newest intake	Latest Ofsted
1	High Tunstall College of Science Hartlepool, secondary	1.29	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
2	West Park Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.22	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
3	Hart Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.13	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
4	St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, primary	1.07	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
5	Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.03	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
6	Eskdale Academy Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Expected standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
7	Fens Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
8	Golden Flatts Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Requires improvement (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
9	Grange Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	none held
10	Jesmond Gardens Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
11	Kingsley Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
12	Lynnfield Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
13	Rift House Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
14	Rossmere Academy Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
15	St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Expected standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
16	St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
17	St Helen's Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
18	St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
19	Stranton Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Outstanding (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
20	Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Expected standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
21	West View Primary School Hartlepool, primary	1.00	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
22	Eldon Grove Academy Hartlepool, primary	0.99	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
23	Manor Community Academy Hartlepool, secondary	0.97	2026	Strong standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
24	Throston Primary School Hartlepool, primary	0.97	2026	Expected standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
25	Barnard Grove Primary School Hartlepool, primary	0.96	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
26	Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, primary	0.96	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
27	St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, primary	0.96	2026	Outstanding (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
28	Brougham Primary School Hartlepool, primary	0.95	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
29	Clavering Primary School Hartlepool, primary	0.93	2026	none held
30	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, primary	0.92	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
31	Dyke House Sports and Technology College Hartlepool, secondary	0.91	2026	Outstanding (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
32	English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College Hartlepool, secondary	0.91	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
33	St Hild's Church of England School Hartlepool, secondary	0.78	2026	Requires improvement (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))

Figures from the Department for Education, applications and offers. 33 schools in Hartlepool have a published per-place figure. Schools with too few places for the figure to mean anything are left off. All schools in Hartlepool · How we compare schools.