Primary
Hesleden Primary School
Hesleden, Hartlepool, TS27 4PT
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 85 of 134 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 9.7
- Pupils per adult
- 9.5
- Pupils
- 92
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
April 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Early yearsInadequate
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
March 2020
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
42%
26 points below the Hartlepool average (68% across 30 schools)
107.0
0.5 above the Hartlepool average (106.5 across 30 schools)
30th of 30 by our score, among the primary schools in Hartlepool we can score - 35 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 101 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 42% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 82% |
| 23/24 | 89% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Hesleden, Hartlepool, TS27 4PT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
County Durham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Lynsey Johnson
- Address
- Hesleden, Hartlepool, TS27 4PT
- Telephone
- 01429836376