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Robin Hood Academy, Birmingham

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Robin Hood Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Birmingham, part of Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2013. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in September 2022 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 221st-highest of the 275 schools in Birmingham with published results, and 11,035th of 14,452 across England. It was 83% full in 2025.

SATs results
Below England average
Ofsted
Good (2013)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Below England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Birmingham (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 1 Nov 2026

Robin Hood Academy in detail

Robin Hood Academy in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is my pleasure to offer you a warm welcome to Robin Hood Academy! We are a two-form entry primary school located in Hall Green, Birmingham. Staff here are passionate about helping children become the very best versions of themselves. At Robin Hood Academy we " aim high and reach for the stars "!"

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and tennis.

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 11 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

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Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Robin Hood Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (71% in reading, 68% in maths).

Getting a place at Robin Hood Academy

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Robin Hood Academy as their first choice and 112 named it as one of their preferences, for 33 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Robin Hood Academy

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Robin Hood Academy are St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles); Lakey Lane Primary School (0.4 miles, 83% reading, 82% maths); Hall Green Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 86% reading, 88% maths); and Hall Green Infant School (0.7 miles, Good).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Robin Hood Academy.

St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary SchoolLakey Lane Primary SchoolHall Green Junior SchoolHall Green Infant School

The trust

Robin Hood Academy is one of 9 schools run by Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 9 schools in Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust

Who goes there

43.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 50.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (60%), White British (15%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 74 pupils (14.6%) received SEN support and 9 (1.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Hall Green Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Robin Hood Academy (opposite), 70 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Robin Hood Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Robin Hood Academy issued 31 suspensions, 5.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Robin Hood Academy are Langley School (0.8 miles); Hall Green School (0.9 miles); and Ninestiles, an Academy (1 mile).

Langley SchoolHall Green SchoolNinestiles, an Academy

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Alexander Harris
Pupils:508
LA:Birmingham
Phone:01214642187
Address:Pitmaston Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 9PP
Trust:ROBIN HOOD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (9 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 October 2013

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago

This judgement is from July 2013, 13 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

-

Overall

Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.

Inspected 21 September 2022View full report
URN:140262
UKPRN:10043225
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its July 2013 inspection - down from Outstanding.

Rated Good for

Leadership & management.

At a Glance

43.9%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-4ppMaths+1ppWriting-6pp

Reading has declined from 71% to 67% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 69% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 66% to 60% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

25.5

Avg class size

27.3

Infant (KS1)

28.6

KS2

14

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Robin Hood Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Birmingham

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Robin Hood Academy.

  • The Tuition Centre580m away · Not yet graded

Nurseries

The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Robin Hood Academy, with their latest published grades:

Term dates

Robin Hood Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Birmingham's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Robin Hood Academy (opp)
67m · 1 min walk
Hazelville Road (opp)
123m · 2 min walk
Sleaford Road (after)
248m · 4 min walk
Chadwell Drive (adj)
296m · 5 min walk
Westley Close (opp)
310m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Robin Hood Academy is in Birmingham; for families living there:

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
24
Fatal
1
Serious
3
Children hurt
4

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 24 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 20 slight.

4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.

2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Robin Hood Academy

Will you get a place at Robin Hood Academy?

For 2026 entry it had 26 first choices for 33 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

83%

Available places

520 pupils

630 places

110 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Across Birmingham council

Low demand council-wide0.79 applications per place

Places available

15,375

Applications

12,117

Got 1st preference

92.1%

Got preferred school

99.0%

All primary applications across Birmingham council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Future places in the local planning area

DfE estimates the P26 planning area (Birmingham) will have 233 spare primary places in 2027/28.

Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics

Inspection History(3)

21 September 2022

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.

1 November 2016
2 July 2013
Good
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

74

SEN Support

9

EHC Plans

16.3%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Moderate Learning Difficulty23
Social, Emotional & Mental Health19
Speech, Language & Communication12
Autistic Spectrum Disorder11
Other8
Physical Disability4
Specific Learning Difficulty3
Visual Impairment2
Hearing Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
14.6%
Asian
59.8%
Black
4.8%
Mixed
9.3%
Chinese
0.6%
Other
5.5%
Unclassified
1.4%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals43.9%
English as Additional Language50.8%

508

Total Pupils

250

Boys

258

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

30

Teachers

16.9:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£51,848

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,545

Per pupil

£3358k

Total funding

£324k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£441,974
EAL funding£47,504
Lump sum£141,970

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

6.4%

Overall absence

18.8%

Persistent absence

495

Enrolments

Authorised4.8%
Unauthorised1.6%
Persistent (10%+)18.8%
Severe (50%+)1.8%

Absence trend

4.2%
18/19
4.7%
20/21
7.5%
21/22
8.4%
22/23
7.6%
23/24
6.4%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Robin Hood Academy

What are SATs results like at Robin Hood Academy?

Of the pupils at Robin Hood Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 67% reached the expected standard in reading and 69% did so in maths.

What is Robin Hood Academy's Ofsted rating?

Robin Hood Academy's most recent Ofsted inspection, in September 2022, was ungraded. At its last graded inspection, in July 2013, it was rated Good.

Is it hard to get a place at Robin Hood Academy?

Robin Hood Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 83% of its 630 places.

How big are the classes at Robin Hood Academy?

Classes at Robin Hood Academy average 25.5 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Robin Hood Academy?

Robin Hood Academy has around 508 pupils on roll. 44% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Robin Hood Academy?

6.4% of sessions were missed at Robin Hood Academy in 2024/25. 18.8% of pupils were persistently absent.

Does Robin Hood Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Robin Hood Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026). Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Robin Hood Academy: The Tuition Centre (580m away, registered, not yet graded).

How many road collisions happen near Robin Hood Academy?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 24 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 20 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Robin Hood Academy?

Robin Hood Academy is at Pitmaston Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 9PP.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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