Hopewell School
Harmony House, Baden Powell Close, Essex, RM9 6XN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Head Teacher
- Mr Franck Coido
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 65
- Pupils on roll
- 54
- URN
- 134388
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085936610
About this school
Hopewell School is an independent special school in Essex. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 54 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Hopewell School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Hopewell School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2006, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 13 | 16 |
| Attainment 8 score | 8.2 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 6.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hopewell 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 | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2 | 44.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.2 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 6.3 | 43.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 42 |
| 2024/25 | 49 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 54
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Northstar Nurture School0.4 miles
Special schools · Dagenham
-
Mayesbrook Park School0.4 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Dagenham
-
Pathways School0.7 miles
Free Schools · Dagenham
-
Riverside Bridge School1.1 miles
Free Schools · Barking
-
Oxlow Bridge School1.3 miles
Free Schools · Dagenham
Common questions
- What ages does Hopewell School teach?
- Hopewell School teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Essex.
- Who is the head teacher of Hopewell School?
- The head teacher of Hopewell School is Mr Franck Coido, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hopewell School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hopewell 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 many pupils are at Hopewell School?
- Hopewell School has 54 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is Hopewell School full?
- Hopewell School has capacity for 65 pupils and 54 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hopewell School a faith school?
- No. Hopewell School has no designated religious character.
- How have Hopewell School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 8.2 in 2022/23 and 6.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hopewell School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hopewell 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 24 July 2026.