Hartlepool Free School
Special school school · Free schools special · ages 5 to 19 · Mixed
Hedgehog Lane, Hartlepool, TS25 1FF
- Pupils33
- Ages5 to 19
- Latest Ofsted–
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Ofsted’s data has no published inspection for this school yet. New schools, and schools that have reopened under a new reference number (for example on becoming an academy), may not have been inspected in their current form.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at the date in About the data). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 33 (capacity 64)
3 girls, 30 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 78.8% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Attendance
Overall absence
The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).
2024/25
Persistent absence
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Free schools special (Free Schools)
- Trust
- MAKE IT DIFFERENT
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 September 2024
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hartlepool
- URN
- 150740 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
A school named in a child’s education, health and care (EHC) plan must give them a place. Ask your council about places at special schools.
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.