St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool, Hartlepool

In its own words: "We look forward to welcoming your child to join our school family. We are a hardworking, vibrant, and happy school with the gospel values at our centre. St Cuthbert's will offer your child high quality teaching, a love of learning, and support and wellbeing personalised to individual needs."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am.

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Hartlepool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 77% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool as their first choice and 51 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool are St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 76% reading, 78% maths); Stranton Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 78% reading, 76% maths); Kingsley Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 73% reading, 77% maths); and Eldon Grove Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 83% reading, 81% maths).

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool is one of 35 schools run by Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education 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.

In 2026, 50 pupils (21.2%) received SEN support and 4 (1.7%) 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 1 mile away in a straight line.

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ashgrove Avenue (b), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 625 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, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool issued 8 suspensions, 3.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool are English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College (0.8 miles), Manor Community Academy (1.4 miles) and High Tunstall College of Science (1.6 miles).