Hesleden Primary School, Hartlepool
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Hesleden Primary School creates a warm, welcoming environment where children feel genuinely safe and happy to come to school. Staff place pupils' wellbeing at the heart of everything they do, with strong behaviour expectations and positive relationships throughout the school. Pupils develop confidence and fluency in reading and maths through well-trained staff and structured phonics teaching.
Key Strengths
- Pupils feel safe and well-cared for with positive relationships between staff and pupils
- Strong attendance rates and consistently positive behaviour in classrooms and at playtimes
- Pupils achieve well in phonics and reading, with most confident readers by the end of key stage 2
- Leaders have successfully improved behaviour and pupil attitudes to learning through clear expectations and rewards
Areas for Improvement
- Gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge in reading, writing and maths that are not being identified or addressed quickly enough
- Teachers are moving pupils' learning on too fast without checking understanding first
- Support for pupils with special educational needs is not robust enough and staff lack training
- Early years children do not get enough opportunities to practise new language and learning skills
- Limited teaching of British values and different religions and cultures
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have created an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
Arts and crafts clubs, games clubs, choir, visits to museums and local places of interest, pantomime trips, visiting authors, school council fundraising for overseas charities
Hesleden Primary School is a small, rural primary school where pupils feel safe and cared for, with strong attendance and behaviour. However, the school needs to improve teaching and learning across the curriculum, particularly in addressing gaps in foundational knowledge.
At a Glance
24.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 89% to 75%. Maths has declined from 89% to 58%. Writing has declined from 89% to 50%.
Class Sizes
18.8
Avg class size
25.0
Infant (KS1)
24.5
KS2
5
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
63%
Available places
85 pupils
134 capacity
49 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Hartlepool
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Hartlepool
Admissions Demand - County Durham
Places available
6,592
Applications
4,491
Got 1st preference
96.4%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across County Durham (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.82042%
Overall absence
16.66667%
Persistent absence
78
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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