Hope Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From St Helens Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hope Academy is a secondary school in Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hope Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as was also the case at 2 of the 7 other St. Helens secondary schools with a published outcome.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 168 first-choice applications for 184 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 16 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 33% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 43.8 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 0AQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 1,235 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of Hope Academy.”
- “They know the school values of respect, courage, ambition and hope very well.”
- “Pupils try hard to follow them in all that they do.”
To improve
- “However, pupils learn better in some lessons and in some subjects than in others.”
- “This is because the delivery of the curriculum is not consistent across all subjects.”
- “As a result, pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 168 first-preference applications, 184 offers in total, 168 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in St. Helens.
- Outwood Academy Haydock 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St. Cuthbert's Catholic Academy 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Sutton Academy 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cowley International College 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- De La Salle School 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rainhill High School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Rainford High School 7.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published