Schools in Hartlepool
41 schools in the Hartlepool local authority.
Schools
41
Open schools
Pupils
14,800
2025–26 census
Good or better
94%
34 of 36 graded
Academic Performance
5.9
out of 10 · 40 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 5 14%
- Good
- 29 81%
- Requires improvement
- 2 6%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
3 inspected since 2024, no overall grade4 superseded by a report card2 not judged
5.9
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 40 of 41 schools that can be scored
Pupils
14,800
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
89%Asian
3%Black
3%Mixed
2%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 39 of 41 schools (14,778 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 40.5%
- First language not English
- 6.9%
- Young carers
- 2.3%
5,982 of 14,778 pupils · 39 of 41 schools
1,020 of 14,778 pupils · 39 of 41 schools
334 of 14,778 pupils · 39 of 41 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 5
- Special
- 3
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 2
Top primary schools in Hartlepool
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, HartlepoolHartlepool · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Stranton Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Hart Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary8.9/10Good
- 4.St Helen's Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary8.1/10Good
- 5.Throston Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary8.1/10Good
- 6.West Park Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary8.0/10Good
- 7.St Peter's Elwick Church of England Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary7.9/10Good
- 8.Fens Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary7.7/10Good
- 9.Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, HartlepoolHartlepool · Primary7.6/10Good
- 10.St Bega's Catholic Primary School, HartlepoolHartlepool · Primary7.4/10
- 11.Barnard Grove Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary6.9/10Good
- 12.Eskdale AcademyHartlepool · Primary6.9/10Good
- 13.Eldon Grove AcademyHartlepool · Primary6.7/10Good
- 14.Greatham CofE Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary6.5/10Good
- 15.Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary6.4/10Good
- 16.Rossmere AcademyHartlepool · Primary5.9/10Good
- 17.Brougham Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary5.8/10
- 18.St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, HartlepoolHartlepool · Primary5.7/10Good
- 19.Jesmond Gardens Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary5.6/10Good
- 20.Rift House Primary SchoolHartlepool · Primary5.6/10Good
Top secondary schools in Hartlepool
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Dyke House Sports and Technology CollegeHartlepool · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.Manor Community AcademyHartlepool · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 3.High Tunstall College of ScienceHartlepool · Secondary5.9/10
- 4.English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form CollegeHartlepool · Secondary2.9/10
- 5.St Hild's Church of England SchoolHartlepool · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
Browse all 41 schools in Hartlepool — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Hartlepool
- How many schools are there in Hartlepool?
- Hartlepool has 41 open schools — 30 primary, 5 secondary, 3 special, teaching 14,800 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Hartlepool are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 34 of the 36 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 94% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 5 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 41: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Hartlepool?
- 5.9 out of 10, averaged across the 40 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Hartlepool schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 5 schools in Hartlepool currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Hartlepool local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Hartlepool covers 41 schools and sits in the North East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Hartlepool are eligible for free school meals?
- 40.5% — 5,982 of 14,778 pupils at the 39 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North East region.