Hope school is co-located with a mainstream secondary school. Staff and pupils have been in the purposebuilt building for three years. The school provides for boys with emotional, social and behavioural difficulties. Almost all have statements of special educational needs with a few being formally assessed. Many have additional needs including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and around a quarter have learning difficulties. The great majority of pupils are of White British origin. All are transported to and from school. Almost all of the pupils are eligible for pupil premium; well above the national average. Pupil premium is additional funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those children who are looked after. The school uses no other alternative provision other than when pupils are reintegrating into mainstream schools. Many of the pupils arrive at the school at start times other than the beginning of Key Stages 2 and 3, frequently mid-year. The headteacher has been commissioned by the local authority on a number of occasions to provide support to other schools. He is currently providing support as executive headteacher to the Primary Support Centre, a pupil referral unit in the local authority.