Hope High School
Community special school · Mixed · Lancashire
Carfield, Skelmersdale, WN8 9DP
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
81.0%
43.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
108
Capacity used
Over capacity120%
90 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Helen Dunbavin
- Address
- Carfield, Clay Brow, Skelmersdale, WN8 9DP
- Phone
- 01695721066
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Skelmersdale South · West Lancashire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119898
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 61% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
108 pupils · 90 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
04 June 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 114 pupils
Attendance
81.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
19.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
43.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
14.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
8.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 13.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.23 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 20 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2021/2022)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 18 | 0% | 6% | 17% | |
| English Language | 18 | 0% | 6% | 6% | |
| Combined Science | 15 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |
| English Literature | 14 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 12 | 0% | 0% | 8% | |
| Art and Design | 7 | 0% | 14% | 29% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.