Further education

Hartlepool College of Further Education

Mixed · ages 16–99Hartlepool, North East · Hartlepool TS24 7NTSchool website
Pupils on roll
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

Hartlepool College of Further Education is a 16–19 provider, so there is no Year 11 cohort: this page covers where its students went after 16–18 study and what they achieved.

Among the 547 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 13% went to university (Hartlepool 21%, England 37%), and 1% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally; 23% started an apprenticeship, well above the 7% England average.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hartlepool and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

This school
Hartlepool
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolHartlepoolEngland
Students in the cohort547675541,441
Any sustained destination64%68%79%
University (higher education)13%21%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students1%7%19%
Further education9%8%5%
Apprenticeship23%21%7%
Employment18%17%28%
No sustained destination32%28%16%

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Hartlepool

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.