Robsack Wood Primary School

Robsack Wood Primary Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas including the quality of education, behavior, personal development, and leadership. The school has not been previously inspected as an academy, reflecting a longer gap than usual. The dedicated leadership team prioritizes high-quality education, particularly for vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils. Despite some disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the school has made significant strides in improving educational outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and are enthusiastic about learning.
• High expectations of behavior among pupils.
• Effective teaching in reading, mathematics, and science.
• Strong subject knowledge from teachers.
• Personal development initiatives are well-received and motivating for pupils.
• Leaders and staff are supportive and value staff well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum organization in subjects other than reading, mathematics, and science needs improvement.
• Recent changes in music and languages are not yet thoroughly embedded.

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 Robsack Wood Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% 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, 2.4% of pupils at Robsack Wood 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 Robsack Wood Primary School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.1% 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, 22.5% of pupils at Robsack Wood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% 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 Robsack Wood Primary School received £6,364 and spent £7,249 for each of its 457 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £11,000 (£23 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of The Pioneer Academy, income was £7,355 and spending £7,206 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 St Leonards-On-Sea · East Sussex local authority: places and applications

Robsack Wood Primary School is part of The Pioneer Academy, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Churchwood Primary School St Leonards-On-Sea
• Hollington Primary School St. Leonards-On-Sea
• Moulsecoomb Primary School Brighton
• Coombe Road Primary School Brighton
• Edenbridge Primary School Edenbridge
• Ightham Primary School Sevenoaks
• West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School Hove
• Holland Junior School Oxted
• Shoreham Village School Sevenoaks
• Halstead Community Primary School Sevenoaks

What is Robsack Wood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Robsack Wood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2022.

When was Robsack Wood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Robsack Wood Primary School was last inspected in May 2022.

How many pupils does Robsack Wood Primary School have?

Robsack Wood Primary School has 404 pupils on roll.

What age range does Robsack Wood Primary School cover?

Robsack Wood Primary School for pupils aged 0 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Robsack Wood Primary School?

Robsack Wood Primary School is at Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9TE.