Hope Brook CofE Primary School
Church Road, Longhope, GL17 0LL
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Hope Brook CofE Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Miss Rosie Marks
- Diocese
- Diocese of Gloucester
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 112
- URN
- 133395
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
About this school
Hope Brook CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Longhope. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 112 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hope Brook CofE Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2001, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.40 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hope Brook CofE Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 112 |
| 2023/24 | 112 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hope Brook CofE Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.7% | 8% | 112 | — |
| Hope Brook CofE Primary School | 67% | 3.7% | 8.6% | 134 | 0.6 miles |
| Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School | 74% | 5.1% | 21% | 205 | 1.6 miles |
| Huntley Church of England Primary School | 82% | 3.3% | 6.8% | 79 | 1.9 miles |
| Lea CofE Primary School | 38% | 6.2% | 21.2% | 95 | 2.1 miles |
| Drybrook Primary School | 56% | 5.4% | 34.2% | 147 | 2.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.7%
- Persistent absence
- 3.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hope Brook CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Longhope
-
Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Mitcheldean
-
Huntley Church of England Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Huntley
-
Lea CofE Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Ross-on-Wye
-
Drybrook Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Drybrook
Other schools in Longhope
- Hope Brook CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hope Brook CofE Primary School teach?
- Hope Brook CofE Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Longhope.
- Has Hope Brook CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hope Brook CofE Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hope Brook CofE Primary School?
- Hope Brook CofE Primary School had 112 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Hope Brook CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hope Brook CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hope Brook CofE Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.