Hart Primary School

Hart Primary School is performing well overall, having achieved a 'Good' rating across all evaluated areas, including the quality of education and leadership. The school has maintained strong educational practices even after a significant leadership change and has successfully focused on curriculum improvements to address knowledge gaps from recent disruptions to learning. Pupils are engaged, feel safe, and show positive behaviour, supported effectively by staff, including those who are part of SEND provisions. Furthermore, the school fosters character development through various extracurricular activities.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive behaviour and attitudes.
• The school provides a supportive environment where pupils feel safe.
• Curriculum improvements effectively address previous learning gaps.
• Staff support pupils well, especially those with SEND.
• Reading instruction is consistent and effective across the school.
• Leaders promote personal development and community involvement among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects lack clear identification of essential knowledge.
• Communication with parents regarding student progress needs improvement.

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 Hart Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Hart 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 Hart Primary School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 7.0% of pupils at Hart Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 2024–25 Hart Primary School received £7,959 and spent £8,028 for each of its 106 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £85,000 (£803 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Northern Lights Learning Trust, income was £8,188 and spending £8,299 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Hart Primary School is part of Northern Lights Learning Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• St Peter's Elwick Church of England Primary School Hartlepool
• St Helen's Primary School Hartlepool
• Grange Primary School Hartlepool
• Tilery Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Venerable Bede Church of England Academy Sunderland
• Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Sunderland
• Dame Dorothy Primary School Sunderland
• St Aidan's Church of England Academy Darlington
• Firthmoor Primary School Darlington

What is Hart Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hart Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Hart Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hart Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Hart Primary School have?

Hart Primary School has 114 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hart Primary School cover?

Hart Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hart Primary School?

Hart Primary School is at Magdalene Drive, Hart Village, Hartlepool, TS27 3AP.