Redmoor Academy, Hinckley

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Redmoor Academy on 6 areas: 2 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have high expectations for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have an ambitious vision for the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils securely gain the knowledge and skills they need for their next steps."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders set high expectations for attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a well-sequenced curriculum that clearly identifies what pupils will learn."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a coherent programme of study to support pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently check pupils' work so that they develop the foundational knowledge and skills they need, including in language and communication skills"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils develop a deep understanding of the school's personal, social, health and economic education curriculum"; "Leaders should make sure that all pupils attend regularly so that they benefit from the school's curriculum and wider offer".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Redmoor Academy has a long standing reputation as an excellent school that provides a high quality education for all students, high expectations both in and out of the classroom and superb pastoral care. Our overarching aim of “Excellence, opportunities and success for all,” perfectly captures our aspirational and inclusive ethos. And what an ethos we have."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include cooking and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Redmoor Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.8 in Leicestershire and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Leicestershire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.23: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.5, against 50.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 230 families put Redmoor Academy as their first choice and 528 named it as one of their preferences, for 218 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 14 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Redmoor Academy are The Hinckley School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.2); Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.8); Hastings High School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.3); and Heath Lane Academy (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.2).

Redmoor Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Redmoor Academy is one of 10 schools run by The Futures Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44 in 2024/25.

Of the 183 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

5.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Hinckley Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Redmoor High School (opposite), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 171 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Redmoor Academy issued 110 suspensions, 11.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Redmoor Academy are Richmond Primary School (0.2 miles); Battling Brook Primary School (0.3 miles); Hollycroft Primary School (0.7 miles); and St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.