Hope Wood Academy
1 live vacancyDurham · County Durham
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Hope Wood Academy is a other academy in Durham, County Durham. View current jobs, teaching vacancies and school support roles posted by the school.
THE ASCENT ACADEMIES' TRUST is a Multi-academy trust. The trust operates 6 member schools: 6 special schools. Local authorities: County Durham | North Yorkshire | Stockton-on-Tees | Sunderland. Regions: North East | Yorkshire and the Humber. — from the THE ASCENT ACADEMIES' TRUST public record.
Hope Wood Academy is a other academy in Durham, County Durham, part of THE ASCENT ACADEMIES' TRUST. It is currently hiring, with 1 live vacancy on SchoolJobs.
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School information
- Official name
- Hope Wood Academy
- Address
- Crawlaw Road, Easington Colliery, Peterlee
- Postcode
- SR8 3LP
- Country
- England
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Easington
- URN (official identifier)
- 138718
- Establishment number
- 7029
- School status
- Open
- Education phase
- Other
- Age range
- 2–19 years
- Gender intake
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- SEND provision
- SEN unit
- Number of pupils
- 250
- As of November 2026
- Capacity
- 251
- School type
- Special academy (converter)
- Governance
- Academy
- Academy trust
- THE ASCENT ACADEMIES' TRUST
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Headteacher
- Mrs Adele Pearson-Atkinson
- Ofsted inspection
- Improved significantly · Inspected 23 Oct 2024Source: Ofsted management information · 30 Sep 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0
- Official website
- ascenttrust.org/hope-wood
- Telephone
- 03339991454
- Date opened
- 1 Sep 2012
Source: get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . Official data last refreshed November 2026.
Pupils at Hope Wood Academy
| 2025/26 | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils | 250 | 72,212 | 8,355,420 |
| Eligible for free school meals | 63.6% | 33.1% | 26.5% |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 16.5% | 14.6% |
| Education, health and care plan (EHCP) | 100.0% | 5.6% | 5.9% |
| First language other than English (EAL) | 0.8% | 4.8% | 21.6% |
Local authority and England figures are calculated from the same DfE school-level files across state-funded schools.
Source: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and Special educational needs in England , academic year 2025/26. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted inspection history
9 published inspections for Hope Wood Academy, including inspections of the school it replaced.
· Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools
Read report- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Improved significantly
Report published 26 Nov 2024
· Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Good
- Outcomes for pupils
- Good
- 16 to 19 study programmes
- Good
- Is safeguarding effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare
- Outstanding
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
- Good
Report published 9 Oct 2018
· Special Measures S5 ReInspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Outcomes for pupils
- Requires improvement
- Early years provision
- Requires improvement
- 16 to 19 study programmes
- Requires improvement
- Is safeguarding effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare
- Good
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
- Requires improvement
Report published 13 Sept 2016
· Schools into Special Measures Visit 5
Read report- Outcomes for S8 inspections that did not convert
- Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
Report published 31 Mar 2016
· Schools into Special Measures Visit 4
Read report- Outcomes for S8 inspections that did not convert
- Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
Report published 24 Nov 2015
· S8 Deemed S5
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Inadequate
- Category
- SM
- Pupils' achievement
- Inadequate
- Quality of teaching
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Inadequate
Report published 10 Jul 2014
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as Glendene School (URN 114346)
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Early years provision
- 8
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Good
Report published 20 Apr 2012
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as Glendene School (URN 114346)
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Outstanding
Report published 10 Jun 2009
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as Glendene School (URN 114346)
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Outstanding
Report published 23 Feb 2006
Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (files from 2005 to the latest monthly release; data checked 6 Nov 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil absence at Hope Wood Academy
| 2025/26 (autumn and spring term) | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence (sessions missed) | 11.9% | 13.2% | 12.9% |
| Persistent absence (pupils missing 10%+) | 31.1% | 34.3% | 34.7% |
Local authority and England figures are for special schools in the same release.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England , 2025/26 autumn and spring terms. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil premium at Hope Wood Academy
Deprivation pupil premium allocation for 2026 to 2027: £167,900 for 133 eligible pupils.
| Financial year 2026-27 | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils eligible | 58.9% | 34.2% | 27.7% |
| Allocation per pupil on roll | £743 | £459 | £370 |
Deprivation pupil premium only; service child and looked-after children premiums are not published per school. Local authority and England figures use the same file.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil premium allocations 2026 to 2027 (September 2026) . Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
School finances at Hope Wood Academy
2024/25 academic year (academy accounts return) · Special · 227 pupils. Excludes the trust's central costs.
| This school | England average (per pupil · % of spend) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total income | £6,523,000 £28,736 per pupil | £31,371 |
| Total spending | £5,985,000 £26,366 per pupil | £28,514 |
| Teaching staff | £4,151,000 £18,286 per pupil · 69.4% | £11,172 · 39.2% |
| Education support staff | £352,000 £1,551 per pupil · 5.9% | £8,727 · 30.6% |
| Supply and agency staff | £685,000 £3,018 per pupil · 11.4% | £1,495 · 5.2% |
| …of which agency supply | £685,000 £3,018 per pupil · 11.4% | £1,361 · 4.8% |
| In-year balance | £538,000 | |
| Revenue reserve | £0 | |
Previous year (2023/24): spending £24,978 per pupil, supply and agency £2,313 per pupil — spending up £1,388 per pupil on 2023/24.
Not enough schools of this phase in the local authority to compare.
Finance data is from the official return for that year and may not reflect the school's current position. Averages are pupil-weighted and use the same return, year and phase.
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Source: Department for Education, Academies Accounts Return 2024/25 via FBIT data sources, checked 6 Nov 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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