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West Park Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Coniscliffe Road, Hartlepool TS26 0BU · westpark.hartlepool.sch.uk · 01429 282090
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 51%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hartlepool 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.57 mi
- 0.91 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hartlepool Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 343
- 28 over 315 places · 109%
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 5.5%
- First language not English
- 0.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.57 mi (911 m) from the school. Source: Hartlepool Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 55 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 82% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 55 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 56 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.57 mi0.91 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
Places allocated (42) were fewer than the admission number (45), so everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Hartlepool it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼51% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 April 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for West Park Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 24 Apr 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 69
- 20% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied