Hope Wood Academy

State-Funded School

hope-wood-academy-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

EasingtonConstituency

SR8 3LPPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Hope Wood Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 250 pupils. Hope Wood Academy is part of The Ascent Academies' Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

96%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

250

Total Pupils

68%Boys

32%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

64%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 250
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: The Ascent Academies' Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 23 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Oct 2018	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.