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School Atlas lists 30 state primary schools, 5 state secondary schools, 3 special schools, 1 alternative provision school and 1 post-16 school or college in Hartlepool. It also lists 3 independent schools and 17 nurseries and other early-years settings.
Of the state primary, secondary and all-through schools, 13 have a religious character: 7 Roman Catholic and 6 Church of England.
Of the 35 state primary, secondary and all-through schools in Hartlepool, 14 hold an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade from their last graded inspection: 2 Outstanding, 11 Good and 1 Requires improvement.
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. Since November 2025 its report cards grade each area separately; 7 of these schools have had one.
Catchment boundaries are published for schools in Hartlepool, but we don’t hold them yet. Distance usually decides a place.
We also hold last-distance-offered records for 12 schools. That distance is not always a cut-off: at a school with places to spare it is simply the furthest applicant.