High Tunstall College of Science

Elwick Road, Hartlepool, TS26 0LQ

1,399 pupils · 100% of 1,394 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Foundation school
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
Hartlepool
Free school meals
29.7%

Ofsted

No overall grade (2025)Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 28 January 2025, published 25 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score44.3
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)48.2%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)63.1%
Entering the English Baccalaureate20.1%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Oversubscribed 1.29 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry263339730263
Sept 2025 entry269368755269
Sept 2024 entry267374760267
Sept 2023 entry254356758254
Sept 2022 entry267302684267
Sept 2021 entry263257605263
Sept 2020 entry262286652262
Sept 2019 entry266264587266

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.