Our School

Hartlepool Free School is a brand-new state of the art provision which opened in September 2024 under Make It Different Trust.

We are located at Golden Flatts, an area developed for outdoor nature-based leisure such as a park and landscaped walks, ideal for the school’s strong focus on outdoor activity, nature, animal care and horticulture. Our grounds will be used by approved and relevant community groups out of school hours, to encourage the use of the school as a community hub and open up possibilities for our children.

Our school will operate within the guiding values of;  

  • Kindness 
  • A Growth Mindset 
  • Resilience  
  • Personal Responsibility 

Principal's Welcome

Welcome to our school website. I hope you find the information included here useful. We are also very happy to provide more information and to offer visits to the school for prospective families. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch using our 'Contact Us' page if you would like to receive a call or if you have any questions about our school. 

Tristan Keates

Principal

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Our Aims & Ethos

We aim to provide first rate education for students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) conditions, supporting families from Hartlepool, and from across the Tees Valley.

The school will operate within the guiding values of:

  • Kindness
  • A Growth Mindset
  • Resilience
  • Personal Responsibility
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Make it Different Trust

Make It Different Trust has been established, initially to operate the new Hartlepool SEMH Free School (HFS) to establish a blueprint of the highest quality SEMH provision.

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