Throston Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Hartlepool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.97 miles
Published by Hartlepool Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Throston Primary School is a primary school in Hartlepool for ages 3–11 (community school). Hartlepool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Throston 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 | 0.97 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 21.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 45.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hartlepool.
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.97 miles away, the 2nd longest of the 4 Hartlepool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Flint Walk, Throston Grange Estate, Hartlepool, TS26 0TJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hartlepool
- Pupils on roll
- 472 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 4 February 2026
Strengths
- “Being a pupil at this school means learning in a safe, caring and ambitious community.”
- “Each morning, familiar adults welcome pupils and help them feel ready for the day.”
- “Breakfast provision, uniform support and calm routines remove barriers to learning and support wellbeing for pupils.”
To improve
- “Published results show that combined key stage 2 outcomes fell in 2025.”
- “Few pupils reached higher standards in writing and grammar.”
- “In a few subjects, some opportunities to support learning in the moment go unnoticed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2026 (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) | 58% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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.
- Jesmond Gardens Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- West View Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Clavering Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lynnfield Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brougham Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Park Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published