Overall Oxbridge
#972
1 ranked schools · -58 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
3
Offers
1
Offer rate33.3%
+10.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Schools in Hartlepool
A port town of around 88,000 on County Durham's North Sea coast, Hartlepool stretches from the Headland, its ancient core clustered around the site of a 7th-century abbey on a coastal promontory, to the Victorian railway grid that spread inland after a new dock opened in 1835. The two settlements merged into one borough in 1967.
Elwick is among the most sought-after addresses for school catchments in the borough, while Dyke House and Catcote form a school-competitive belt through the town's western residential quarters. West Park and Greatham extend the family geography south and west, where the borough edges into its rural fringe. Northern Rail links the town to Middlesbrough in around twenty-five minutes and to Newcastle in under an hour.
34
Primary
schools
5
Secondary
schools
1
Post-16
colleges
6
Special
schools
1
Other
schools
of which3sixth forms·15faith47 total
Area Performance
Hartlepool schools rank in the top 51% of England
Across 42 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.06/10, -0.32 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
12% Elite
Distribution across all Hartlepool schools
EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping
Hartlepool vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 51%
Across all ranked Hartlepool schools
Top 47%Primaryavg #7,079 of 14,978
Top 74%Secondaryavg #2,856 of 3,862
Top 66%Sixth formavg #1,679 of 2,555
Primary schools: 34 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.09 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,079
+3 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 47% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
66%
+4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
11%
+3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.09 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,079
+3 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 47% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
66%
+4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
11%
+3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Secondary schools: 5 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.4/10
-1.00 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,856
-24 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 74% of 3,862
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
43.1
+4.0 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.4/10
-1.00 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,856
-24 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 74% of 3,862
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
43.1
+4.0 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 3 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.0/10
-1.79 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,679
-16 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 66% of 2,555
% A*-A at A-Level
24%
-1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
50%
0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.0/10
-1.79 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,679
-16 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 66% of 2,555
% A*-A at A-Level
24%
-1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
50%
0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Cambridge
#1,107
1 ranked schools · -334 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,880
Applications
3
Offers
1
Offer rate33.3%
+3.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
2026
Hartlepool
Top 3 Secondary Schools
2026
Hartlepool
1 Sixth Form
2026
Hartlepool
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