West Park Primary School, Hartlepool

From the headteacher's welcome: "West Park Primary School is a fantastic school; we have children who are highly motivated and well-behaved. The school has a very high percentage of extremely supportive parents. We have been recognised by Ofsted (November 2018), as good school with Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare rated as outstanding."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, badminton and gardening.

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at West Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Hartlepool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 78% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 55 families put West Park Primary School as their first choice and 106 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to West Park Primary School are Throston Primary School (1 mile, Good, 80% reading, 73% maths); Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool (1 mile, Good, 86% reading, 84% maths); Rift House Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 77% reading, 80% maths); and Eldon Grove Academy (1.1 miles, Good, 83% reading, 81% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than West Park Primary School.

West Park Primary School is one of 10 schools run by Ad Astra Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

5.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 40 pupils (11.7%) received SEN support and 7 (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 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood West Park Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 63 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hartlepool (287).

In 2024/25, West Park Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to West Park Primary School are High Tunstall College of Science (0.3 miles) and English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College (1 mile).