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St Hild's Church of England School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
King Oswy Drive, West View, Hartlepool TS24 9PB · sthilds.neat.org.uk · 01429 273041
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34
- average Attainment 8 score. Hartlepool 42.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hartlepool Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 581
- 59% of 991 places
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 52.2%
- First language not English
- 4.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Neat Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hartlepool Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 85 families put the school first and 109 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 109 | 85 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 114 | 74 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 108 | 86 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 133 | 111 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 152 | 136 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34, and 25.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hartlepool it was 42.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34 | 46 | ||
| ▼25.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼39.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼6.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.69 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 133293)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.8 | −1.4 |
| Sixth form college | 0.8 | — |
| Further education | 80.3 | −0.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.3 | −3.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.4 | +4.2 |
| Activity not captured | 4.5 | +3.1 |
Ofsted
St Hild's Church of England School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 133293), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Sept 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Sept 2019Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133293)
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133293)
Feb 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133293)
What parents said
46% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 46%
- Replies
- 50
- 7% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (26%) with SEND