Hopefields Education CiC
Hopefields Education CiC is an independent special school in Middlesbrough for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 38 pupils and room for 40.
Hopefields School, 16 High Force Road, Riverside Park, Middlesbrough, TS2 1RH01642 205233hopefields.org.ukMs Emily Ruth Greenhalgh headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
16 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Middlesbrough | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 16 | 10 | 11 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 41.3 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 6% | 0% | 9% | 36% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 6% | 30% | 9% | 58% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.35 | 3.56 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | 0% | 28% | 41% |
Subjects
Results came out for 3 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 7 | 0% | 14% | 29% | 54% | – |
| Art and Design | 7 | 0% | 71% | 71% | 58% | – |
| Combined Science | 6 | 0% | 17% | 33% | 36% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
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 Middlesbrough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 38 | 38 | 36 | 33 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 21% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 79% | 72% | 73% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Clarence Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 90 | Report card 2026 | 56 | Compare |
| Newport Primary School | Foundation | 1.0 miles | 358 | Good 2023 | 24 | Compare |
| Middlesbrough College | Further education | 1.0 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Teesside University | Higher education institutions | 1.1 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Outwood Academy Riverside | Free school | 1.2 miles | 745 | Good 2023 | 39 | Compare |
| Ayresome Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 705 | Good 2023 | 37 | Compare |
| Archibald Primary School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 479 | Good 2022 | 61 | Compare |
| Abingdon Primary School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 565 | Good 2023 | 56 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hopefields Education CiC a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hopefields Education CiC yet.
How good are Hopefields Education CiC's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 6% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 10.7, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does Hopefields Education CiC have?
38 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 40 places, so it is 95% full.
Does Hopefields Education CiC 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
- Hopefields School, 16 High Force Road, Riverside Park, Middlesbrough, TS2 1RH
- Telephone
- 01642 205233
- Website
- www.hopefields.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Emily Ruth Greenhalgh
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Ward
- Central
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 4 August 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149109 · LAESTAB 8066005
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- 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.