Hope Tree School
Hope Tree School is an independent special school in Cambridgeshire for girls aged 7 to 19. It has 33 pupils and room for 48.
Nursery House, Manor Farm, Impington, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9NG0744 652 8644hopetreeschool.co.ukMrs Rebecca Sands headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Grammar school. This is a grammar school, so places depend on an entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cambridgeshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 33 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impington Village College | Academy | 900 m | 1,446 | No overall grade 2025 | 91 | Compare |
| The Cavendish School | Free school | 0.7 miles | 128 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Histon and Impington Park Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 425 | Outstanding 2024 | 96 | Compare |
| Histon and Impington Brook Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 408 | No overall grade 2024 | 99 | Compare |
| Histon Early Years Centre | Local authority nursery school | 0.9 miles | 99 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Cambridge Regional College | Further education | 1.3 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Orchard Park Community Primary School | Council | 1.4 miles | 180 | Good 2022 | 8 | Compare |
| King's Hedges Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 1.5 miles | 31 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hope Tree School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hope Tree School yet.
How many pupils does Hope Tree School have?
33 pupils aged 7 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 48 places, so it is 69% full. It is a girls' school.
Does Hope Tree School have an entrance exam?
Yes. It is a grammar school, so places depend on an entrance test, usually sat in September of Year 6. Check the school's admissions page for the test dates and the pass mark.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Nursery House, Manor Farm, Impington, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9NG
- Telephone
- 0744 652 8644
- Website
- www.hopetreeschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Sands
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 7-19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward
- Histon & Impington
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 11 November 2021 (new provision)
- URN
- 148733 · LAESTAB 8736057 · UKPRN 10099854
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.