Robin Hood Academy, Birmingham
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
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.
All school open days in Birmingham
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.
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.
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).
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 GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoThis 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.
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 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
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
Latest from Robin Hood Academy
Bulletin Autumn 1.2
11 Sep 2026
Bulletin Summer 2.7
17 Jul 2026
Bulletin Summer 2.6
10 Jul 2026
Bulletin Summer 2.5
3 Jul 2026
Bulletin Summer 2.2
19 Jun 2026
Bulletin Summer 1.5
15 May 2026
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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:
- Lets Play Nursery - Day nursery, 0.3 milesOfsted, 14 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Busy Little Bees Nursery (Hall Green) Ltd - Day nursery, 0.3 milesOfsted, 9 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Link2learn Centre - Day nursery, 0.4 miles
- AppleKids Day Nursery Hall Green - Day nursery, 0.4 milesOfsted, 12 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Shirley Green Day Nursery - Day nursery, 0.5 milesOfsted, 16 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
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
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:
- Birmingham's school travel policy: Travel assistance policy for children and young people aged 0 to 25: 2026 to 2027
- How to apply: Travel passes for 5 to 16 year olds
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.
Commute and house prices
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
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)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
74
SEN Support
9
EHC Plans
16.3%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
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
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.4%
Overall absence
18.8%
Persistent absence
495
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Robin Hood Academy
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)