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Secondary schools in Hartlepool

Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.

What the data says

Hartlepool has 5 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 1,091 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 87% stayed in education (England 86%): 7% in a school sixth form, 77% at a further education college.

3% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.

After sixth form, 21% of students in Hartlepool went to university (England 37%), and 7% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).

GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 42.4 against 46.1 for England; 43% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).

After Year 11: Hartlepool against England

Hartlepool
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHartlepoolEngland
Pupils in the cohort1,091607,348
Stayed in education87%86%
— school sixth form7%34%
— sixth form college—13%
— further education college77%37%
Apprenticeship3%3%
Employment1%3%
No sustained destination7%6%

Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went

One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.

English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College → School sixth form: about 71 pupils (28% of 254)English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College → Further education college: about 152 pupils (60% of 254)English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College → Apprenticeship: about 13 pupils (5% of 254)English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College → Employment: about 3 pupils (1% of 254)English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College → No sustained destination: about 15 pupils (6% of 254)High Tunstall College of Science → School sixth form: about 5 pupils (2% of 244)High Tunstall College of Science → Further education college: about 210 pupils (86% of 244)High Tunstall College of Science → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (1% of 244)High Tunstall College of Science → Employment: about 7 pupils (3% of 244)High Tunstall College of Science → No sustained destination: about 15 pupils (6% of 244)Dyke House Sports and Technology College → School sixth form: about 2 pupils (1% of 241)Dyke House Sports and Technology College → Sixth form college: about 2 pupils (1% of 241)Dyke House Sports and Technology College → Further education college: about 190 pupils (79% of 241)Dyke House Sports and Technology College → Apprenticeship: about 10 pupils (4% of 241)Dyke House Sports and Technology College → Employment: about 2 pupils (1% of 241)Dyke House Sports and Technology College → No sustained destination: about 19 pupils (8% of 241)Manor Community Academy → Further education college: about 145 pupils (86% of 169)Manor Community Academy → Apprenticeship: about 7 pupils (4% of 169)Manor Community Academy → Employment: about 2 pupils (1% of 169)Manor Community Academy → No sustained destination: about 14 pupils (8% of 169)St Hild's Church of England School → Further education college: about 137 pupils (88% of 156)St Hild's Church of England School → Apprenticeship: about 3 pupils (2% of 156)St Hild's Church of England School → No sustained destination: about 11 pupils (7% of 156)English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College: 254 pupilsEnglish Martyrs Catholic School a… 254High Tunstall College of Science: 244 pupilsHigh Tunstall College of Science 244Dyke House Sports and Technology College: 241 pupilsDyke House Sports and Technology … 241Manor Community Academy: 169 pupilsManor Community Academy 169St Hild's Church of England School: 156 pupilsSt Hild's Church of England School 156School sixth form: 78 pupils (7% of Hartlepool’s leavers)School sixth form 78Sixth form college: 2 pupils (0% of Hartlepool’s leavers)Further education college: 834 pupils (78% of Hartlepool’s leavers)Further education college 834Apprenticeship: 35 pupils (3% of Hartlepool’s leavers)Employment: 14 pupils (1% of Hartlepool’s leavers)No sustained destination: 74 pupils (7% of Hartlepool’s leavers)No sustained destination 74
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination

Map of secondary schools in Hartlepool

Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

State-funded secondary schools (5)

Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Dyke House Sports and Technology CollegeAcademy sponsor led1,29381%1%79%4%—49.257%
English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter · sixth form1,42088%28%60%5%63%41.234%
High Tunstall College of ScienceFoundation school1,39988%2%86%1%—44.348%
Manor Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led98486%0%86%4%—46.950%
St Hild's Church of England SchoolAcademy sponsor led58188%0%88%2%—34.025%

Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (2)

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Hartlepool College of Further Educationcollege · Further education—————13%——
Catcote Academystate · Academy special converter · sixth form233100%0%12%0%———

Nearby local authorities in North East

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