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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Stratford Road, Hartlepool TS25 5AJ · stcuthbertshartlepool.bhcet.org.uk · 01429 275040
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hartlepool 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.85 mi
- 1.36 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hartlepool Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 236
- 79% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.2%
- First language not English
- 17.4%
- 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 0.85 mi (1.36 km) from the school. Source: Hartlepool Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 32 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 94% 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 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.85 mi1.36 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
Places allocated (21) were fewer than the admission number (30), so everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% 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 | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111692)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111692), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Apr 2017Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111692)
Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111692)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 22
- 9% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied