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Join Us: Years 7-11

Welcome to Hope Valley College.

Looking for a Year 7 place from September 2025?

If you are looking for a secondary school place for September 2025, the best way to find out whether Hope Valley College is the right school for your child is to come and visit us. We'd love to show you all that we have to offer.

We have arranged to run tours of the school various Tuesdays, all starting at 1.30pm. Click the link below to book your place on one of these tours:

 

 

Joining us in Year 7 in September?

Visit our Year 6-7 transition page for details of all we have planned to welcome you to your new school.

School Prospectus

Further information

Have a look around our website to learn more about Hope Valley College. You will find lots of information and resources to help you to find out what it's like to join our school. Here are some quick links to information that may be of interest:

How to apply

The application deadline, by which you need to have applied for your child’s Year 7 secondary school place, is 31 October.

If you live in Derbyshire

Applications should be made via the Derbyshire County Council website.

You can also contact them at

If you live in Sheffield

If you live in Sheffield and want to apply for a place at Hope Valley College, you can apply through Sheffield City Council's application process. In Sheffield, the deadline for online applications is midday on 14 October 2024, and for paper form applications is 31 October.  Further details are available on the Sheffield City Council website.

Ask us a question!

If you have any questions, would like to arrange to look around the school or are looking for a place during this school year in any year group, please contact us on:

Our admission arrangements are available on our policies page.