Hardwick Green Primary Academy, Stockton-on-Tees

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils at Hardwick Green Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 57% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 78% in Stockton-on-Tees and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 50% in reading and 50% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Hardwick Green Primary Academy as their first choice and 49 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Hardwick Green Primary Academy are Harrow Gate Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 66% maths); Rosebrook Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 68% reading, 79% maths); St Gregory's Catholic Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 73% maths); and Whitehouse Primary School (0.7 miles, 78% reading, 75% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Hardwick Green Primary Academy.

Hardwick Green Primary Academy is one of 32 schools run by The Enquire Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

11 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hardwick Green Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (64%).

63.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (86%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 52 pupils (18.2%) received SEN support and 29 (10.1%) 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.

Hardwick Green Primary Academy has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs, autism and moderate learning difficulties: 24 places, 24 pupils on roll.

Hardwick Green Primary Academy had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Stockton Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tithebarn House (b), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hardwick Green Primary Academy 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 368 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 Stockton-on-Tees (204), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Hardwick Green Primary Academy issued 45 suspensions, 14.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Hardwick Green Primary Academy are Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth (0.5 miles), Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy (0.8 miles), The Grangefield Academy (1.2 miles) and Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy (1.5 miles).