Hartwell School
Hartwell School is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 5 to 18. It has 88 pupils and room for 120.
Yarm Road, Stockton, TS18 3TN01642 130320witherslackgroup.co.uk/hartwell-schoolMr Adam Pritchard Jenkins headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
15 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | Stockton-on-Tees | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 11 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 45.4 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 7% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 48% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 13% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 67% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 0.52 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 4.00 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 38% | 41% |
Subjects
Results came out for 1 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | 6 | 0% | 17% | 50% | 51% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Stockton-on-Tees council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 88 | 82 | 90 | 86 | 78 | 50 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 99% | 98% | 96% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartburn Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 603 | Good 2023 | 82 | Compare |
| Bowesfield Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 337 | Good 2024 | 21 | Compare |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Stockton | Academy | 0.9 miles | 213 | Good 2024 | 20 | Compare |
| Oxbridge Lane Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 243 | Good 2021 | – | Compare |
| Preston Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 226 | Good 2024 | 86 | Compare |
| Village Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 241 | Good 2023 | 50 | Compare |
| Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy | Academy | 1.2 miles | 1,156 | Good 2022 | 36 | Compare |
| Mandale Mill Primary School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 332 | Good 2020 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hartwell School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hartwell School yet.
How good are Hartwell School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 7% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 7.9, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does Hartwell School have?
88 pupils aged 5 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 120 places, so it is 73% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Yarm Road, Stockton, TS18 3TN
- Telephone
- 01642 130320
- Website
- witherslackgroup.co.uk/hartwell-school
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Pritchard Jenkins
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Ward
- Ropner
- Constituency
- Stockton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 17 April 2019 (new provision)
- URN
- 146733 · LAESTAB 8086005 · UKPRN 10088549
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.