Blackhall Primary School

Blackhall Primary School is performing well overall, consistently achieving a good rating in all inspection areas. The headteacher and leaders have effectively fostered a positive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. High expectations are set for all pupils, encouraging them to take pride in their achievements and engage in a broad, ambitious curriculum designed to meet their diverse needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school is well-integrated into the community and parental support is strong, highlighting the school’s positive reputation.

Strengths

• Strong leadership has fostered a welcoming and inclusive environment.
• High expectations are set for all pupils, promoting pride in achievements.
• The curriculum is broad, balanced, and ambitious, meeting the needs of all pupils.
• Effective assessment practices help identify and support pupils needing extra help.
• A focus on reading has cultivated a love for books among pupils.
• Mathematics curriculum effectively builds knowledge through small steps.
• Children in early years receive strong support and settle into school quickly.
• Pupils behave well, showing respect and consideration for each other.
• Strong emphasis on personal development prepares pupils for modern British life.
• Governors effectively hold leaders to account and support school improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have poor attendance and arrive late, affecting their learning.
• Inconsistencies in subject leadership due to many new leaders in their roles.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Blackhall Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at Blackhall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Blackhall Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 24.8% of pupils at Blackhall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Blackhall Primary School received £8,497 and spent £8,706 for each of its 295 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £43,000 (£145 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Blackhall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Blackhall Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Blackhall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Blackhall Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Blackhall Primary School have?

Blackhall Primary School has 310 pupils on roll.

What age range does Blackhall Primary School cover?

Blackhall Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Blackhall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Blackhall Primary School?

Blackhall Primary School is at Middle Street, Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool, TS27 4NA.