St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool

Academy converter·Primary school Hartlepool·TS24 0DX
Composite score
61.3
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#3,557
National rank
#197
In North East
#10
In Hartlepool
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 16 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
159
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
45.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,556
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool

St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool is a primary school in Hartlepool, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 159 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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