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St Peter's Elwick Church of England Primary School

Primary · Hartlepool · TS27 3EG

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 March 2023

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At a glance

96 pupils · 91% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.hartelwickfederation.org.uk/
URN
145814

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 8 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 28 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

8 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

10 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
100%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
40%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school100%
Median of its 12 closest peers49%
Hartlepool average69%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Witherley Church of England Primary SchoolAtherstone · 146 miles awayExpected standard53%
Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston · 78 miles awayGood30%
Yardley Hastings Primary SchoolNorthampton · 173 miles awayOutstanding87%
Stratford St Mary Primary SchoolNr Colchester · 210 miles awayGood80%
Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolSalisbury · 244 miles awayGood40%
Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth · 155 miles awayNo current grade57%
Withnell Fold Primary SchoolChorley · 86 miles awayNo current grade42%
Plumpton SchoolPENRITH · 59 miles awayNeeds attention45%
Cutthorpe Primary SchoolChesterfield · 99 miles awayGood40%
Sibford Gower Endowed Primary SchoolBanbury · 183 miles awayGood67%
St Katharine's CofE Primary SchoolMarlborough · 229 miles awayExpected standard73%
Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 182 miles awayGood43%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Hartlepool 87%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Hartlepool 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hartlepool 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Hartlepool 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hartlepool: 0.47 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,926; 42.9% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,827
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £112,000; in-year balance +£34,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.8%62.3%
Social housing5%17.1%
Privately rented12.2%20.5%
Detached houses61.2%22.9%
Flats4.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms54.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011959 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£264,50022 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£218,000–£335,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£314,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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