The Horizon School, Hartlepool
Special / other · Hartlepool · TS25 4BY
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 7 March 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
91 pupils
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 84.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 35.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 7.7% of pupils
- Website
- www.hartlepoolpru.co.uk
- URN
- 131294
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 9 May 2024: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- 7 March 2023: Outstanding
- 19 November 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 23 February 2016: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.