Hillside Primary School

Robinswood Primary Academy has significantly improved since its previous inadequate inspection, now achieving a good rating across all domains. Pupils enjoy attending school, which fosters a positive environment where they feel safe and respected. The school effectively teaches a broad and balanced curriculum, placing a strong emphasis on core subjects like mathematics and writing, allowing pupils to demonstrate growing confidence in these areas. Leaders' commitment to improving teaching and learning, alongside strong parental engagement, has contributed to the school’s positive outcomes.

Strengths

• High expectations for both pupils and staff
• Strong focus on core subjects with improved understanding in mathematics and writing
• Effective phonics teaching for early readers
• Successful personal development programs for pupils
• Positive relationships between staff, pupils, and parents
• Strong behaviour management, with a clear school code

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of behaviour management in some lessons
• Assessment practices for foundation subjects need further development to identify learning gaps

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 Hillside Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.2% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Hillside Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Hillside Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.7% 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, 22.2% of pupils at Hillside Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% 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 2024–25 Hillside Primary School received £7,033 and spent £7,704 for each of its 365 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £301,000 (£825 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Greenshaw Learning Trust, income was £8,062 and spending £7,907 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Hillside Primary School is part of Greenshaw Learning Trust, which runs 39 schools. The nearest others:

• Gloucester Academy Gloucester
• Barnwood Park School Gloucester
• Grange Primary Academy
• Widden Primary School Gloucester
• Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester
• Waterwells Primary Academy Gloucester
• Henley Bank High School Gloucester
• Hunts Grove Primary Academy Gloucester
• Five Acres High School Coleford
• Tyndale Primary School Yate

What is Hillside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hillside Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Hillside Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hillside Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Hillside Primary School have?

Hillside Primary School has 495 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hillside Primary School cover?

Hillside Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hillside Primary School?

Hillside Primary School is at Underhill Road, Matson, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 6HE.