Dyke House Sports and Technology College

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Hartlepool council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Hartlepool's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 239 families put this school as their first choice, and 264 places were offered. 237 of the families who put it first got a place (99%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 7 July 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Achievement

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 15 March 2022. Overall: Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1293 (capacity 1360)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01429266377

Address

Mapleton Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8NQ

Website

dha.northerneducationtrust.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports