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Hope Valley College

URN
147533
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Hope Valley College
URN
147533
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

63 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

55

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

53

Destinations

37

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#24 of 41 schools in Derbyshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: Moderate confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Hope Valley College

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Hope Valley College

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
4 December 2023
Inspection date
24 October 2023
Inspection type
Academy First Section 5
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 4 December 2023

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 4 December 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

91

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

226

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

91

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.48×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Derbyshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Derbyshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.hopevalley-chorustrust.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Derbyshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

44.4

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

41.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

61.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

52.3%

EBacc achievement

Location

S33 6SD - Castleton Road, Hope Valley, Derbyshire

Contact details

Address
Castleton Road, Hope Valley, Derbyshire
Postcode
S33 6SD
Phone
1433620555
Website
www.hopevalley-chorustrust.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Derbyshire
Local authority code
830

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 730 schools in Derbyshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

730

Open schools

452

Closed schools

278

Primary schools

526

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 4 December 2023

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 4 December 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 4 December 2023

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 4 December 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    4 December 202324 October 2023Academy First Section 5GoodView report for inspection published 4 December 2023
    • Good

      Published
      4 December 2023
      Inspected
      24 October 2023
      Type
      Academy First Section 5
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    40.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 89

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    13.8%

    Post-16 (A level)

    z

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    Not published

    Value added

    Value added

    Not published

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    Not published

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    73.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    7.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    12.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    90

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary526 (72.9%)
    • Secondary90 (12.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other106 (14.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Hope Valley College90 mSecondaryClosed
    Hope Valley College90 mSecondaryClosed
    Hope Primary School590 mPrimaryOpen
    Castleton CofE Primary School1.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Bradwell Junior School2.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    Bradwell Junior School2.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery2.5 kmPrimaryOpen
    Bamford Primary School4.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    Edale CofE Primary School5.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Great Hucklow CE Primary5.5 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Hope Valley College
      Distance
      90 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Hope Valley College
      Distance
      90 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Hope Primary School
      Distance
      590 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Castleton CofE Primary School
      Distance
      1.6 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Derbyshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Aldercar High SchoolSecondaryNG16 4HLClosed
    Aldercar High SchoolSecondaryNG16 4HLOpen
    Alfreton Grange Arts CollegeSecondaryDE55 7JAClosed
    Anthony Gell SchoolSecondaryDE4 4DXClosed
    Anthony Gell SchoolSecondaryDE4 4DXOpen
    • Aldercar High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG16 4HL
      Status
      Closed
    • Aldercar High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG16 4HL
      Status
      Open
    • Alfreton Grange Arts College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DE55 7JA
      Status
      Closed
    • Anthony Gell School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DE4 4DX
      Status
      Closed
    • Anthony Gell School
    Bradwell Junior School
    Distance
    2.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Bradwell Junior School
    Distance
    2.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery
    Distance
    2.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Bamford Primary School
    Distance
    4.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Edale CofE Primary School
    Distance
    5.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Great Hucklow CE Primary
    Distance
    5.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    DE4 4DX
    Status
    Open