St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool

Primary Ages 2-11 236 pupils Hartlepool
Ofsted: Good
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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool is an academy converter in Hartlepool for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 236 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool is Good, from an inspection in April 2017 of its predecessor, St Cuthbert's RC Primary School. In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Stratford Road
Hartlepool
TS25 5AJ
Phone 01429275040
Reference Number 148380

General Makeup

Number of pupils 236
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 60.17%
Girls: 39.83%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 17.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 9 26
2 14 8 22
3 22 15 37
4 17 12 29
5 21 11 32
6 17 13 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 65.7%
African 18.6%
White, Other 8.9%
White & Asian 1.7%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Mixed, Other 0.8%
Pakistani 0.8%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Cuthbert's RC Primary School, inspected in April 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 27 Feb 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
27 Feb 2024 School inspection
06 Mar 2021 Academy conversion letter
26 Apr 2017 Full inspection:
Previously as St Cuthbert's RC Primary School
22 Jun 2015 Monitoring visit
11 Mar 2015 Full inspection:
08 Sep 2011 Full inspection:
20 May 2009 Full inspection:
26 Sep 2007 Curriculum and development visit
11 Jan 2006 Full inspection:
18 Oct 1999 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 70%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 18%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.7
Writing -0.8
Maths -2.9

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 11 0
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool had 212 pupils for 294 places. 82 places (27.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Central & East Primary” planning area

Hartlepool counted 438 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 414 in 2029–30, down 5%.

20212022202320242025
Places 294294294294294
Pupils 227213225219212
Unfilled 22.8%27.6%23.5%25.5%27.9%

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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.8%4.2%3.6%3.3%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%1.6%1.7%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%

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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.11.20.82.83.3
Permanent exclusions 00000

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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool had 23.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.110.19.710.810.3
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%8.7%13.0%10.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 66.7%0.0%69.2%60.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.90.08.88.5–

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, 21.2% of pupils at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 21 1
Social, emotional and mental health 12 0
No specialist assessment of need 9 0
Moderate learning difficulty 2 1
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 2
Physical disability 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0

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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool received £7,231 and spent £6,945 for each of its 225 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £52,000 (£230 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust, income was £7,699 and spending £7,759 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2022202320242025
Revenue reserve £154,000-£6,000-£23,000£52,000
per pupil £649-£23-£100£230
In-year balance £78,000-£164,000-£21,000£64,000
per pupil £330-£678-£90£286

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.

Name Distance
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0.15 miles
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0.82 miles
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0.85 miles
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
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1.01 miles
Lynnfield Primary School
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1.01 miles
Golden Flatts Primary School
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1.07 miles
Eskdale Academy
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1.33 miles
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
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1.36 miles
Brougham Primary School
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1.37 miles
Grange Primary School
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1.49 miles
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
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1.49 miles
Jesmond Gardens Primary School
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1.5 miles
Fens Primary School
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1.51 miles
West Park Primary School
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1.69 miles
Springwell School
Wiltshire Way, Hartlepool, TS26 0TB
1.81 miles
Name Distance
English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College
Catcote Road, Hartlepool, TS25 4HA
0.78 miles
Catcote Academy
Catcote Road, Hartlepool, TS25 4EZ
0.82 miles
Hartlepool College of Further Education
Stockton Street, Hartlepool, TS24 7NT
0.82 miles
Cambian Hartlepool School
Unit E, Sovereign Way, Sovereign Park, Hartlepool, TS25 1NN
0.88 miles
Hartlepool Free School
Hedgehog Lane, Hartlepool, TS25 1FF
1 miles
Manor Community Academy
Owton Manor Lane, Hartlepool, Teesside, TS25 3PS
1.43 miles
Dyke House Sports and Technology College
Mapleton Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8NQ
1.6 miles
High Tunstall College of Science
Elwick Road, West Park, Hartlepool, TS26 0LQ
1.6 miles
Wrenfield Learning Centre
Dalton Piercy Road, Dalton Piercy, Hartlepool, TS27 3HS
2.49 miles
St Hild's Church of England School
King Oswy Drive, West View, Hartlepool, TS24 9PB
2.65 miles
St Michael's Catholic Academy
Beamish Road, Billingham, TS23 3DX
4.6 miles

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What is St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool is Good, from an inspection in April 2017 of its predecessor, St Cuthbert's RC Primary School.

When was St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool last inspected by Ofsted?

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool have?

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool has 236 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool cover?

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool?

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool is at Stratford Road, Hartlepool, TS25 5AJ.

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