Hardwick Green Primary Academy
Tithe Barn Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8WF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE ENQUIRE LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Chris Story
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Enquire Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stockton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 286
- URN
- 139392
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642677968
About this school
Hardwick Green Primary Academy is a primary academy in Stockton-on-Tees. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 286 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
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 | 52 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 38% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 50% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 50% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 43% | 48% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 98.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.60 | - | - |
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 Hardwick Green Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stockton-on-Tees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42% | 62.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 64.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 360 |
| 2023/24 | 317 |
| 2024/25 | 303 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hardwick Green Primary Academy compares
Hardwick Green Primary Academy ranked 50th of 54 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 6.4% | 68.1% | 286 | — |
| Harrow Gate Academy | 58% | 5.8% | 62% | 432 | 0.4 miles |
| Rosebrook Primary School | 58% | 5.7% | 54.2% | 407 | 0.6 miles |
| St Gregory's Catholic Academy | 67% | 5.1% | 25.5% | 224 | 0.7 miles |
| Whitehouse Primary School | 65% | 5.8% | 22.6% | 340 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mark's Church of England Primary School | 74% | 6.1% | 19.2% | 437 | 0.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 68.06%
- English as an additional language
- 9.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.36%
- Persistent absence
- 20.33%
Location
Nearby schools
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Harrow Gate Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
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Rosebrook Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
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St Gregory's Catholic Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Whitehouse Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
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St Mark's Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
Other schools in Stockton-on-Tees
Hardwick Green Primary Academy ranks 38th of the 41 ranked primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Bader Primary School Primary
- Barley Fields Primary Primary
- Bowesfield Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Primary
- Crooksbarn Primary School Primary
- Durham Lane Primary School Primary
- Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Primary School Primary
- Fishburn Primary School Primary
- Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy Primary
- Harewood Primary School Primary
- Harrow Gate Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hardwick Green Primary Academy teach?
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Who is the principal of Hardwick Green Primary Academy?
- The principal of Hardwick Green Primary Academy is Mr Chris Story, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hardwick Green Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hardwick Green Primary Academy, 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 Hardwick Green Primary Academy?
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy has 286 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Hardwick Green Primary Academy full?
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy has capacity for 360 pupils and 286 on roll (79%), so it has space against 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 Hardwick Green Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Hardwick Green Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Hardwick Green Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hardwick Green Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Hardwick Green Primary Academy?
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy is part of THE ENQUIRE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Hardwick Green Primary Academy have?
- The schools register lists Hardwick Green Primary Academy's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Hardwick Green Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hardwick Green Primary Academy rank locally?
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy ranked 50th of 54 primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hardwick Green Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hardwick Green Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hardwick Green Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.