Rift House Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Rift House Primary School is a primary school in Hartlepool for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Hartlepool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Rift House 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
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hartlepool.
- At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, the 2024/25 figure was 14% (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 23 of the 29 other Hartlepool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 53.5% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hartlepool is 44.4%.
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
- Masefield Road, Hartlepool, TS25 4JY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Hartlepool
- Pupils on roll
- 254 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Rift House is a very inclusive school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and positive.”
- “Right from the beginning of their school journey, the school’s ‘CHOICES’ approach supports pupils to develop caring, honest and respectful relationships.”
To improve
- “Some children’s knowledge and understanding are much lower than typically expected at that age.”
- “Making sure that the widely varying and individual needs of all children are consistently met is challenging.”
- “However, the delivery of the early years curriculum does not fully support the good progress of all children.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (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) | 71% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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.
- Kingsley Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eldon Grove Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eskdale Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rossmere Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stranton Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published