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Use our free interactive tool to check whether any Hartlepool property falls within primary or secondary school catchment zones. Hartlepool is a compact unitary authority with a relatively small number of schools, which makes knowing exactly which ones serve your address particularly important.
Free interactive map — enter any Hartlepool, Seaton Carew or Headland postcode and see exactly which catchment areas it falls within.
With a small number of secondary schools serving the whole town, secondary choice in Hartlepool is genuinely limited. If your preferred school is oversubscribed, the realistic alternatives may be some distance away, so it is worth understanding your catchment position well before the application deadline.
Hartlepool Borough Council is the admissions authority for community primary and secondary schools. After looked-after children, EHC-plan holders and siblings, places are normally allocated by straight-line distance from the home address to the school.
Hartlepool has several academies and Roman Catholic voluntary-aided schools that set their own admissions criteria. Some families near the southern boundary also consider schools in Stockton-on-Tees.
Hartlepool Borough Council publishes annual admissions information including the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school. Search 'Hartlepool school admissions' on the Hartlepool Borough Council website.
Click "Open Free Tool" above. No registration needed. Works in any browser on desktop or mobile.
Click "Add School" and search by school name or postcode. The tool locates it on the interactive map automatically.
Add the radius from the school's admissions data. You can enter distances in metres for precision.
Use "Check Address" to test any Hartlepool address. It will show you exactly how far inside or outside the catchment that property sits.
Our tool works for schools across Hartlepool and surrounding areas:
Hartlepool measures straight-line distance to the metre. Our tool matches that method.
See how Hartlepool catchments have shifted year on year before you commit to an address.
Plot up to 5 Hartlepool schools at once to see overlapping catchment zones.
Generate a shareable link for your estate agent or solicitor before exchange.
Hartlepool has a small number of state secondary schools serving the whole town, which means choice is more limited than in larger authorities. Checking your catchment position early is especially worthwhile.
Yes. You can name schools in Stockton-on-Tees or County Durham on your Hartlepool application. Distance from each school still determines your priority.
No. Hartlepool's state secondary schools are comprehensive and allocate places on published oversubscription criteria rather than an entrance test.
Search 'Hartlepool school admissions' on the Hartlepool Borough Council website for the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school.
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