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St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Loyalty Road, Hartlepool TS25 5BA · staidansschool.info · 01429 273695
On the mapSearch near TS25 5BA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 62%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hartlepool 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hartlepool Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 357
- 92% of 389 places
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 50.3%
- First language not English
- 11.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hartlepool Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 38 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 62% 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 | |||
| ●62% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111690)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2016Good
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 Oct 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 14
- 4% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 57% who had a child bullied