Hope Valley College
About the school
Hope Valley College is an open secondary school in Derbyshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 24 October 2023
- Published
- 4 December 2023
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 44.4
- Derbyshire
- 45
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Derbyshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 41.30%
- Derbyshire
- 42.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 61.50%
- Derbyshire
- 65.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 52.30%
- Derbyshire
- 29.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4
- Derbyshire
- 3.92
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- No entries
Average A-level points
- School
- No entries
AAB or better
- School
- No entries
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
541
Girls
45.47%
Boys
54.53%
SEN support
14.79%
Education, health and care plan
10.72%
English as an additional language
1.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
23.75%
Overall absence
11.26
Persistent absence
28.62
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
113
Sustained education or employment
83%
Education
73%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
7%
Not sustained
12%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
6
Sustained education or employment
17%
Higher education
0%
Further education
0%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
17%