Hope Tree School
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, CB24 9NG
- Distance
- 3.8km away
Castle School, Cambridge
Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Independent
Phase
234
Capacity
2-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 0.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 11
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 235
- Boys
- 158 (67%)
- Girls
- 77 (33%)
- Capacity
- 234 (100% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.4%
- EAL
- 20.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £30,378/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 60.6%
- White Other: 9.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- Other: 2.6%
60.6%
White British
9.3%
White Other
4.4%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Courtney Way
Cambridge, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 134972
- UKPRN
- 10017832
- Establishment No.
- 7026
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