Secondary
High Tunstall College of Science
Elwick Road, West Park, Hartlepool, TS26 0LQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1399 of 1394 places
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
July 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
48%
44.3
3rd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Hartlepool we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.60 |
| 22/23 | -0.63 |
| 23/24 | -0.32 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.4 |
| 22/23 | 39.9 |
| 23/24 | 44.4 |
| 24/25 | 44.3 |
Elwick Road, West Park, Hartlepool, TS26 0LQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Hartlepool admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mark Tilling
- Address
- Elwick Road, West Park, Hartlepool, TS26 0LQ
- Telephone
- 01429261446