Dyke House Sports and Technology College, Hartlepool

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Dyke House Sports and Technology College on 6 areas: 6 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well at Dyke House."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise attendance firmly."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The curriculum at Dyke House is ambitious and carefully designed."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders' commitment to inclusion is impressive."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders are united by a moral imperative to ensure that all pupils achieve great success in school, in order to improve their life chances."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils follow a comprehensive 'life' curriculum to support their ongoing personal development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further embed their work linked to the curriculum to help ensure that there are exceptionally high standards of teaching across the school"; "Leaders should build on existing strengths to further increase pupils' sustained participation in the school's enrichment offer".

In 2026, pupils at Dyke House Sports and Technology College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.1 in Hartlepool and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Hartlepool and 47% in England.

That is down from 49.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.04: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 41.1, against 52.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 239 families put Dyke House Sports and Technology College as their first choice and 562 named it as one of their preferences, for 264 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Dyke House Sports and Technology College are St Hild's Church of England School (1.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 36.1); High Tunstall College of Science (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.5); English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College (1.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.2); and Manor Community Academy (2.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.3).

Dyke House Sports and Technology College's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Dyke House Sports and Technology College is one of 30 schools run by Northern Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 246 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 82% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 26 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 42% went on to university or other higher education and 27% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

56.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 217 pupils (16.8%) received SEN support and 16 (1.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Hartlepool Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parton Street (b), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dyke House Sports and Technology College stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 694 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hartlepool (287), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Dyke House Sports and Technology College issued 346 suspensions, 26.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Dyke House Sports and Technology College are Brougham Primary School (0.3 miles); Jesmond Gardens Primary School (0.4 miles); Lynnfield Primary School (0.6 miles); and Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.