Hope Wood Academy
Special schoolHope Wood Academy is a special school in County Durham, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 250 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 23 October 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Hope Wood Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in County Durham and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hope Wood Academy was 0.5, against 44.9 in County Durham and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 0.5 | 44.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 43% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3.8% | 62.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 26 | – | – |
- Hope Wood Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- 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
In a straight line- Rosemary Lane Nursery SchoolNursery. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met90 m
- Easington CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)240 m
- Easington AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 51.0 (2025/26, provisional)450 m
- Easington Colliery Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in County Durham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).