Throston Primary School
Flint Walk, Throston Grange Estate, Hartlepool, TS26 0TJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Atkinson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hartlepool
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 472
- URN
- 111612
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01429288291
About this school
Throston Primary School is a community primary school in Hartlepool. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 472 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 59 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 78% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 14% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 85% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 86% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 69% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Throston Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hartlepool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 64.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 78% | 64.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 64.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 459 |
| 2023/24 | 454 |
| 2024/25 | 458 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Throston Primary School compares
Throston Primary School ranked 23rd of 27 primary schools in Hartlepool for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 4.1% | 23% | 472 | — |
| Jesmond Gardens Primary School | 60% | 5.4% | 51.5% | 355 | 0.5 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool | 77% | 4% | 24.4% | 336 | 0.5 miles |
| West View Primary School | 49% | 5.9% | 72.3% | 460 | 0.8 miles |
| St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool | 86% | 5.6% | 33.8% | 226 | 0.9 miles |
| Clavering Primary School | — | 4.5% | 25.8% | 366 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.13%
- Persistent absence
- 10.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Jesmond Gardens Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hartlepool
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool0.5 miles
Primary · Hartlepool
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West View Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hartlepool
-
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool0.9 miles
Primary · Hartlepool
-
Clavering Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Hartlepool
Other schools in Hartlepool
Throston Primary School ranks 24th of the 30 ranked primary schools in Hartlepool.
- Barnard Grove Primary School Primary
- Blackhall Primary School Primary
- Brougham Primary School Primary
- Clavering Primary School Primary
- Eldon Grove Academy Primary
- Eskdale Academy Primary
- Fens Primary School Primary
- Golden Flatts Primary School Primary
- Grange Primary School Primary
- Greatham CofE Primary School Primary
- Hart Primary School Primary
- Hesleden Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Throston Primary School teach?
- Throston Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hartlepool.
- Who is the headteacher of Throston Primary School?
- The headteacher of Throston Primary School is Mr Mark Atkinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Throston Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Throston Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Throston Primary School?
- Throston Primary School has 472 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Throston Primary School full?
- Throston Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 472 on roll (112%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Throston Primary School a faith school?
- No. Throston Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Throston Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Throston Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Throston Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Throston Primary School rank locally?
- Throston Primary School ranked 23rd of 27 primary schools in Hartlepool for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Throston Primary School's absence rate?
- Throston Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Throston Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Throston Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.