Springwell School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Springwell School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–11, located in Hartlepool, North East.
The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 95 pupils. Springwell School is part of Extol Academy Trust.
Ofsted Rating
9
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Outstanding
Early yearsprovision
Outstanding
Academic Performance
Above average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 0%
- Higher standard
- 0%
- Reading score
- 95
- Maths score
- 86
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
68%Boys
32%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 3 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 95
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
- MAT name
- Extol Academy Trust
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
Standards maintained
Ungraded inspection on 4 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2015 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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