Robin Hood Primary School

Robin Hood Primary School continues to be recognized as a good school, demonstrating a commitment to nurturing and inclusivity. Staff-student relationships are positive, creating a warm and supportive environment where pupils feel safe and happy. The school boasts a well-structured curriculum that emphasizes rich learning experiences and emphasizes reading and mathematics as strengths, with many pupils showing enthusiasm for their studies. The provision for early years is notable, particularly the nursery strength, ensuring strong foundational skills are developed from a young age.

Strengths

• Strong nurturing and inclusive environment.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Ambitious curriculum with a thematic approach.
• Effective early years provision, particularly nursery.
• Strong reading culture with well-trained staff.
• Ambitious mathematics curriculum fostering confidence.
• Supportive environment for pupils with SEND.
• Wide range of additional opportunities for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in how well pupils build knowledge in foundation subjects.
• Some activities do not maximize learning opportunities for all pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Robin Hood Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.3% of pupils at Robin Hood Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Robin Hood Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.9% of pupils at Robin Hood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Robin Hood Primary School received £7,032 and spent £7,451 for each of its 455 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £68,000 (-£149 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Robin Hood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Robin Hood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Robin Hood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Robin Hood Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Robin Hood Primary School have?

Robin Hood Primary School has 468 pupils on roll.

What age range does Robin Hood Primary School cover?

Robin Hood Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Robin Hood Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Robin Hood Primary School?

Robin Hood Primary School is at Beckhampton Road, Bestwood Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 5NA.