St Joseph's 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 🔒
St Joseph's 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 28 November 2023. Hartlepool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's 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
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 13 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- At 0.9 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, it was the 2nd lowest of 30 Hartlepool primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 78 pupils on roll, there are 13 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 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
- Musgrave Street, Hartlepool, TS24 7HT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Hartlepool
- Pupils on roll
- 78 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Everyone belongs at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School.”
- “Pupils learn to celebrate diversity.”
- “They do this with great pride.”
To improve
- “However, the ambitious vision is not embedded across all subjects.”
- “Leaders are not clear on where subjects need improving.”
- “This is because they do not check the curriculum carefully enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 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: 12 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 12 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.
- Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stranton Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lynnfield Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brougham Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eldon Grove Academy 0.8 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
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool 1.1 mi Good Last distance published