Maltby Redwood Academy

Maltby Redwood Academy is performing well overall, earning a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. The school fosters a strong sense of community where staff, pupils, and parents feel connected and valued. The principal, alongside her leadership team, has successfully implemented an inspiring curriculum focused on both academic and personal development, ensuring positive relationships among students and staff. Notably, pupils exhibit good behavior and are enthusiastic about their learning, showcasing the school's commitment to nurturing their welfare. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in the consistency of phonics instruction and support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While the overall educational framework is solid, leaders need to ensure that teaching staff have the necessary training and understanding to effectively deliver the curriculum, particularly in the early years and phonics lessons. Continued focus on these areas will help the school maintain its strong performance and address current gaps in teaching practices.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Effective behaviour management and positive learning environment
• Comprehensive and ambitious curriculum designed for pupil needs
• Staff commitment to pupil welfare and achievement
• Good practices in safeguarding
• Pupils have access to a wide range of diverse books

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the delivery of the phonics curriculum
• Targets for pupils with SEND are not consistently precise and measurable
• Some staff in early years lack a strong understanding of the curriculum

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 Maltby Redwood Academy attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.3% 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, 3.5% of pupils at Maltby Redwood Academy 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 Maltby Redwood Academy had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 18.8% of pupils at Maltby Redwood Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Maltby Redwood Academy received £7,521 and spent £8,020 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £194,000 (£985 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Place Partnership - A Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,667 and spending £7,527 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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All schools in Rotherham · Rotherham local authority: places and applications

Maltby Redwood Academy is part of Place Partnership - A Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Maltby Lilly Hall Academy Rotherham
• Maltby Academy Rotherham
• Maltby Manor Academy Rotherham
• Ravenfield Primary Academy Rotherham
• Sir Thomas Wharton Academy Doncaster
• Wath Academy Rotherham
• Horbury Primary Academy Wakefield
• Horbury Academy Wakefield
• Middlestown Primary Academy Wakefield
• South Ossett Infant Academy Ossett

What is Maltby Redwood Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Maltby Redwood Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2022.

When was Maltby Redwood Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Maltby Redwood Academy was last inspected in May 2022.

How many pupils does Maltby Redwood Academy have?

Maltby Redwood Academy has 202 pupils on roll.

What age range does Maltby Redwood Academy cover?

Maltby Redwood Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Maltby Redwood Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Maltby Redwood Academy?

Maltby Redwood Academy is at Redwood Drive, Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8DL.