Hope Academy is a secondary school located in Newton-le-Willows. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 25/11/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.8%, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 0AQ
Website: http://www.hopeacademy.org.uk/
Telephone: 01744671930
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: St. Helens
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Marie Adams
Religious character: Church of England/Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136421

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 25/11/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1650
Number of Pupils: 1284
Number of Boys: 634
Number of Girls: 650

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.35 Confidence interval -0.54 to -0.15
Of the 172 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 167 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:52%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:29%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.55
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Birley Street , WA12 9UR
4out of 4 902 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Mary's Catholic Infant School
Victoria Road , Newton-le-Willows WA12 9RX
2out of 4 915 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Newton-le-Willows Primary School
Sanderling Road , WA12 9UF
3out of 4 958 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary's Catholic Junior School
Barn Way , WA12 9QQ
2out of 4 1,224 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
The District CofE Primary School
Patterson Street , WA12 9PZ
3out of 4 1,516 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hope Academy
Ashton Road , WA12 0AQ
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Byrchall High School
Warrington Road , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 9PQ
2out of 4 2,624 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Rookery Avenue , Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 9PF
3out of 4 2,727 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Parks School
Market Street , Hindley WN2 3AN
- not rated 2,028 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Wargrave House School
449 Wargrave Road , WA12 8RS
4out of 4 2,186 yd Non-maintained special school No Mixed More About School
Lakeside Early Adult Provision - LEAP College (Wargrave House Ltd)
Wargrave House Ltd, 449 Wargrave Road , WA12 8RS
- not rated 2,186 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Penkford School
Wharf Road , WA12 9XZ
3out of 4 2,899 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.