West Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Hartlepool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.57 miles
Published by Hartlepool Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Park Primary School is a primary school in Hartlepool for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2024. Hartlepool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
West Park 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 | 0.57 mi |
| 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, 51% met the reading, writing and maths expected standard, lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest Hartlepool primary schools that have results.
- For Reception 2026 there were 55 first-choice applications for 45 offers; all 45 went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.57 miles away, the shortest of the 4 Hartlepool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Free school meal eligibility is 5.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 45.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hartlepool.
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
- Coniscliffe Road, Hartlepool, TS26 0BU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hartlepool
- Pupils on roll
- 343 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending West Park Primary School.”
- “They model the values of the school with pride.”
- “Respect, for example, is very important to them.”
To improve
- “In some of the wider foundation subjects, however, the key knowledge and end points that pupils should reach are not clearly identified.”
- “As a result, pupils progress through some parts of the curriculum at a slower pace than they are capable of.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 June 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) | 51% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 45 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.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Throston Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rift House Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Eldon Grove Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jesmond Gardens Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsley Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lynnfield Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eskdale Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published