Fens Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Hartlepool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hartlepool Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fens Primary School is a primary school in Hartlepool for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2023. Hartlepool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Fens Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 18.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 52% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hartlepool.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 50 offers, and every applicant was offered a place, as at 23 of the 29 other Hartlepool primary schools with a published outcome.
- 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 75% for 2024/25 was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hartlepool that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hartlepool schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mowbray Road, Hartlepool, TS25 2LY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hartlepool
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They enjoy learning and playing with their friends.”
- “Pupils and staff have positive relationships.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of foundation subjects, leaders have not ensured that the important knowledge is clear to teachers.”
- “This means that, sometimes, a few teachers have not prioritised exactly what they should teach.”
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders have not identified the most important skills and knowledge that pupils need to learn and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 50 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 50 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hartlepool.
- Grange Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rossmere Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eskdale Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Golden Flatts Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greatham CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingsley Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rift House Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published