Barnard Grove Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Barnard Grove Primary School is a primary school in Hartlepool for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 6 November 2024. Hartlepool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Barnard Grove 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 was the case at 23 of the 29 other Hartlepool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 30 Hartlepool primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 19.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 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
- Barnard Grove, Hartlepool, TS24 9SD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hartlepool
- Pupils on roll
- 309 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 6 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Barnard Grove Primary School.”
- “They feel happy, safe and valued here.”
- “Parents explain that the school feels like a family.”
To improve
- “However, additional training for staff in how best to support pupils with complex SEND needs to achieve their potential, is an important next step.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 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) | 64% | 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, 27 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.
- Clavering Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- West View Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Throston Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hart Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Jesmond Gardens Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Brougham Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published