Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
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 🔒
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool is a primary school in Hartlepool for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2023. Hartlepool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 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, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as happened at 23 of the 29 other Hartlepool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 7th lowest of 30 Hartlepool primary schools.
- 22% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 53.6% 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
- Hart Lane, Hartlepool, TS26 8NL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- Hartlepool
- Pupils on roll
- 336 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 November 2023
Strengths
- “Sacred Heart Catholic Primary is a school where everyone is respected.”
- “Around school, pupils work and collaborate in a calm and purposeful way.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how well staff deliver the curriculum.”
- “At times, the choice of activity or support provided does not help pupils to learn as well as they could.”
- “This means some pupils do not learn what leaders have intended.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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) | 77% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lynnfield Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Throston Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brougham Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eldon Grove Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West View Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- West Park Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published