Throston Primary School, Hartlepool

Ofsted's report card from its 4 February 2026 inspection grades Throston Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils build a competent understanding of basic reading, writing and mathematics skills in early years and key stage 1."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders make attendance a clear priority."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have planned a clear and deliberate curriculum that helps pupils learn step by step from Nursery Year to Year 6."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years feel safe, settled and ready to learn."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders place inclusion at the heart of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders show thoughtful care for pupils and put them first in their work."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders put pupils' personal growth and wellbeing at the centre of school life."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff make suitable adjustments to planned learning when appropriate in order to better meet pupils' needs"; "Leaders should ensure that the new approach to handwriting is implemented consistently well so that pupils write fluently and achieve highly over time".

From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to Throston Primary School - we are very proud of our children and our school. Our aim is to give every child a ' Flying Start to Success '. We are known as the friendly school, as reiterated by Ofsted during their last visit."

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 2 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Throston Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Hartlepool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 85% in reading and 86% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 58 families put Throston Primary School as their first choice and 136 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 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 primary schools to Throston Primary School are Jesmond Gardens Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 60% reading, 78% maths); Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (0.5 miles, Good, 86% reading, 84% maths); West View Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 62% reading, 62% maths); and St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 86% reading, 93% maths).

Throston Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

110 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Throston Primary School (as of April 2026): 86% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 39% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (39%).

2.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 85 pupils (18%) received SEN support and 9 (1.9%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Hartlepool Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Plymouth Grove (b), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Throston Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 3rd decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Throston Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Throston Primary School are High Tunstall College of Science (0.7 miles), Dyke House Sports and Technology College (0.8 miles) and St Hild's Church of England School (0.9 miles).