St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School is a primary school in Hartlepool for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Hartlepool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Aidan's Church of England Memorial 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as were applicants at 23 of the 29 other Hartlepool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 38 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 30 Hartlepool primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 17.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.9 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
- Loyalty Road, Hartlepool, TS25 5BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hartlepool
- Pupils on roll
- 357 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 16 June 2026
Strengths
- “Positive relationships are at the heart of school life at St Aidan's.”
- “Staff work tenaciously to build effective partnerships with parents and carers.”
- “They often go 'above and beyond' to provide support for families, so that pupils are kept safe, attend regularly and are well known.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ handwriting is increasingly consistent, although there remains some variation in the quality and accuracy of pupils’ writing across the curriculum.”
- “Recent developments to the curriculum, including a new phonics programme and some subjects in the wider curriculum, need embedding.”
- “Leaders recognise the need to further increase the expertise of subject leaders, so that they lead, shape and monitor the quality of teaching and learning consistently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 62% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 38 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.
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stranton Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kingsley Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eldon Grove Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Golden Flatts Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rift House Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published