# Hope Academy

Hope Academy is a secondary school in St. Helens, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,235 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E136421. [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,235
- Council: St. Helens
- URN: 136421

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 12 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hope Academy was 43.9, against 43.6 in St. Helens and 46.2 in England.
39.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | St. Helens | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.9 | 43.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39.5% | 41% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 61.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 243 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Peter's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-cofe-primary-school-e104801): 830 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-infant-academy-e150505): 840 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2022, before the school changed
- [Newton-le-Willows Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newton-le-willows-primary-school-e104775): 880 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-junior-academy-e150302): 1.1 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2022, before the school changed. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The District CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-district-cofe-primary-school-e149654): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2021, before the school changed. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wargrave CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wargrave-cofe-primary-school-e104787): 1.9 km. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136421)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136421)

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