Hope High School
Carfield, Skelmersdale, WN8 9DP
108 pupils · 120% of 90 capacity
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 61.1%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 June 2025, published 2 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 13.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 5% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Elm Tree Community Primary School 1.8 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Kingsbury Primary Special School 3.8 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- West Lancashire Community High School 4.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- A.R.T.S. Education 4.2 km · No Ofsted rating
- Fir Tree College 5.5 km · No Ofsted rating
- Progress Arc Billinge School 5.6 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.