Hopespring Sunderland
10 Sea View Road West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland, SR2 9HAOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Hopespring Sunderland is a secondary school in Sunderland for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 122 schools in Sunderland. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in October 2024.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 22 October 2024, report published 5 December 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 22 October 2024
Hopespring Sunderland is an inclusive and welcoming place to learn. The school carefully weaves learning and high levels of care together to help pupils reach their potential. Before coming here, many pupils found attending and engaging in school challenging. Now they talk about their learning with enthusiasm. Pupils feel safe. They know they have adults who want them to be their very best. The school has high ambitions for what pupils can achieve. Pupils want to do well and the school helps them to do so. The curriculum helps pupils to have important knowledge and skills to move on to their preferred next steps in learning with confidence. The school carefully supports pupils to meet the high expectations set for behaviour. As a result, pupils behave well. Warm and caring professional relationships exist between staff and pupils. Pupils know they have key adults to help them. Parents and carers are effusive in their praise for the school. They feel the school supports pupils well to succeed. Alongside academic learning the school ensures pupils have a wide range of other experiences. For example, pupils work alongside trainee doctors to break down barriers and build confidence to engage with the health service. They also visit local businesses.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects the curriculum does not identify with sufficient precision the key knowledge pupils need to know and remember. This hinders how well pupils are able to connect and embed knowledge over time. The school should develop these subjects so the key knowledge pupils need to know is clear.
- The school does not routinely make the most of opportunities to check on what pupils know and remember. This weakens how well the school tracks what pupils are remembering over time and how well they measure the impact of curriculum changes. The school should ensure that the checks it makes on pupils' learning accurately identify the progress pupils are making through the curriculum.
Pupil numbers and mix
24 pupils on roll, with places for 30
Schools near Hopespring Sunderland
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southmoor Academy | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 49.0 |
| St Aidan's Catholic Academy | 0.6 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | Attainment 8: 51.2 |
| Thornhill Academy | 0.9 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 41.4 |
| Venerable Bede Church of England Academy | 0.9 miles | Ofsted judgements: Inadequate to requires improvement | Attainment 8: 44.1 |
| Argyle House School | 1 mile | No Ofsted inspection | Attainment 8: 49.3 |
School details
- School type
- Other independent school
- Sector
- Independent
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Jacob Vart
- Phone
- 01915420338
- Address
- 10 Sea View Road West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland, SR2 9HA
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- URN
- 147648
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.