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Barnard Grove Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Barnard Grove, Hartlepool TS24 9SD · barnardgroveschool.org.uk · 01429 230300
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- 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
- 309
- 98% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.8%
- First language not English
- 2.6%
- 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, 26 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111617)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Barnard Grove Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111617), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111617)
Sept 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111617)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 26
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 8% who had a child bullied