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In this section you will find a selection of information, photographs and memories of Hartlepool’s schools and other learning establishments. We would like to add to this section: if you have any relevant material that you would be willing to share, please get in touch with us at infodesk@hartlepool.gov.uk
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This school opened in 1862 and in 1906 the building was condemned although was used as aRoman Catholic School between 1910-1914.
This school opened in 1755 in Friendship Lane. In 1871 a new school was built on the corner of Brougham (now Durham ) St and Moor St. It was demolished in 1963.
Formerly a Wesleyan School, Avenue Road was aquired and run by West Hartlepool Education Authority in 1904. It was a fee paying school and appears to have closed in 1940 when occupied by the military and children placed in other schools.
This school opened in 1903 and closed in 1968 when children were transferred to St Helen's Junior School
The infants' school was opened by Durham LEA in 1964 in the premises which later became the Junior School
This school opened in 1961 and closed as a technical high in 1973 when it became upper school of Brierton Comprehensive. The building was demolished in 2012.
Brierton School opened to children in 1957 but official openings were later. In 1973 it became the lower school of Brierton Comprehensive. It closed in Summer 2009 when children were absorbed into other schools.
The original school opened in 1896 and in 1985 children were transferred to the new Brougham Primary School nearby.
From the 1920s a 'week in the country' for generations of Hartlepool children.
Opened in 1966 to replace Claremont School, Southbrooke(now Catcote Enterprise College) is a school for children who have a range of learning difficulties.
This school opened in 1857 and closed in 1938 when children were transferred to Exchange School. The building became the College of Art.
Opened in 1933, children with learning difficulties were moved from the old cookery school premises at Ward Jackson School. The school was replaced by Southbrooke School in Catcote Road in 1966.
Opened in 1896 and closed in 1903 when children were transferred to the new Baltic Street School
This school officially opened in 1946 and became Dyke House Comprehensive School in 1973. In 2011, the school was extensively remodelled and children were taken to the disused Brierton School during this time.
Hartlepool Education Offices opened in 1894 and in 1974, education in the town was the responsibility of the new Cleveland Authority in Middlesbrough. The offices were demolished in 1984.
Eldon Grove Primary opened in 1989 built on site of High School for Girls and replacing Lister Street School
Elwick St Peter's School was built in 1850 and in September 1959, pupils were moved to the new and current school in North Lane.
English Martyrs RC Comprehensive opened in 1973 and was formed from five Catholic secondary schools
This school opened in 1878. In 1934 it closed. However from 1943 to 1957 it was used by St Joseph's RC Primary as to replace the premises in Whitby St which had been destroyed by enemy action in 1940.
This school opened in 1841 and closed around 1887 when lower Park Road was built.
Graythorp School was opened in 1926 to serve Graythorp village and has a fascinating history. It closed in 1957 and children were admitted to High Clarence and Haverton Hill schools.
School opened on Village Green 1878 and moved to the present building in 1970
The school was on the corner of Hart Lane and Mildred Street opposite the cemetery wall. It was closed as Sacred Heart opened nearby in 1934. It was a 'temporary' school for over 33 years.
A school was first built in 1838 in Front Street and in 1953 moved to a new building close to the current school in Magdalene Drive which opened in 1981
The Art College opened in 1874 in the Atheneum moving in 1897 to Lauder Street Technical College. In 1938 it moved into vacated Church Square School and the building was destroyed by fire in 1966 It was rebuilt and opened on the same site in 1968.
This college officially opened in April, 1969 although some of the buildings had been in use beforehand. The College was rebuilt and opened on the same site in 2012.
Henry Smith Grammar School opened in 1889 and became part of Henry Smith's Comprehensive in 1973.However, the old Headland site closed in 1977 and the building was demolished in 1982.
The school was opened in 1973 and originally children were transferred from Brierton Hill Girls'Tech and Lauder St Boys' Tech.
This school opened in 1903 and in 2011 children transferred to the new Jesmond Gardens Primary
This school opened in 1958 Originally as West View Secondary Modern. In 1973, together with the vacated St Peter's RC Secondary School nearby and Henry Smith's Grammar School ,it became Henry Smith's Comprehensive.
This school opened in 1899 closed in 1989 children transferred to the new Eldon Grove Primary School. The Secondary Modern part of the school closed in 1966
This school opened in 1890 and the old school was replaced by the nearby current one in 1980
This school opened in 1966 as a secondary modern school becoming a comprehensive school in 1973. In 1998, it became Manor College of Technology and in 2015 Manor Community Academy.
This school opened in 1893.
After closure in July 1962, the building became The Bridge Youth Centre and was closed and demolished in 2007
The infant school opened in 1957 and the junior department in 1959. It became Eskdale Academy in September 2014.
This school opened in 1889 and closed in April 1971 when children were transferred to nearby new Stranton School.
This school was firstly an Upper Grade school opened in 1884. In 1906 upper grade pupils were transferred to the new Elwick Rd school. It then became an ordinary secondary school closing in 1964.
Opened as private day school some time before 1934 and as Rosebank High School, a private co-educational school, in 1939. It closed in 1987.
This school opened in 1934. In 1964, the secondary pupils were transferred to the new St Anne's and St Bede's Schools in Catcote Road
This school opened in 1844. The school was rebuilt nearby in Crawford Street in 1925, has been extended and is now known as Holy Trinity C of E Primary School. The original school in Ashburn Street is now used as the choir vestry and church hall...
The school opened around 1911. The headteacher was appointed in October 1911 and the first Governors' meeting was held on 9th May 1912. It closed in 1938 when children were transferred to Graythorp School.
This school opened in 1874 and closed in 1960 when infant children were transferred to what was then the parent school, St Aidan's Memorial School. Secondary and Junior children moved to St Aidan's Memorial School in 1926
This school opened in 1926 to replace the junior and senior departments of Longhill School. The Infant children transferred in 1960.
This school officially opened in 1964 in Catcote Road. Prior to this,girls had attended Sacred Heart and St Cuthbert's Secondary Schools. In 1973 it became part of English Martyrs Comprehensive.
This school officially opened in 1964 and in 1973 became part of English Martyrs Comprehensive School.
This school opened in 1914. In 1964, secondary pupils were removed to St Anne's and St Bede's Schools in Catcote Road.
This building was originally a Victorian residence called 'Woodlands'. It became St Francis' Grammar School in 1956 and later merged with English Martyrs school although the buildings were used until 1985.
A new building opened in 2001 to replace Henry Smith's Comprehensive School in King Oswy Drive
The school log book begins 1863 with notes to suggest it was older. It closed in December 1954.
This school opened in 1885 serving Hartlepool and South East Durham. The order of nuns were FCJ (Faithful Companions of Jesus) and the school closed in 1973 when English Martyrs Comprehensive opened.
This school opened in 1873. In 1957 it was replaced by the current Primary School nearby.
This school opened in 1866 in a music hall and Wesleyan mission hall. It was sold to the School Board in 1876 and became an infants' school until at least 1913.
This school opened in 1960 and closed in 1973 when children transferred to the English Martyrs Comprehensive.
Opened as a technical college in 1897 and first grammar school in West Hartlepool. In 1940 became Technical Day School and in 1948 Technical High School. In 1973, boys relocated to the new High Tunstall Comprehensive. Demolished 1977.
The school opened in 1935 and closed in the 1978 when Thornhill School Elwick Road opened and this subsequently closed in 1999 when the vast majority of the children were taken into mainstream schools around the town.
The school opened on the new Throston Grange Estate in 1971 and officially opened in May 1973
Annexe of West Hartlepool Technical High School in a large Victorian former house used first as a girls' school and then as a commerce department.
The current school officially opened in 1968 at a cost of £85,000, replacing the 1877 school in Musgrave Street. The original school was demolished 1969.
The Wesleyan school opened in 1871 in Robinson Street but in 1885 moved to Avenue Road. It closed in 1904 .
Opened as West Hartlepool Secondary School in Lauder Street in 1902. Moved to Brinkburn, which had been a private dwelling, in 1938.
West Hartlepool High School for Girls, Eldon Grove, Hartlepool, opened in 1912.
