Robin Hood Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. All groups of pupils achieve well.

Progress in reading is particularly strong because early skills are well taught. Older pupils read widely for enjoyment and to help their learning. Teachers have high expectations for pupils of all abilities and match work expertly to meet their needs.

This is enabling more-able pupils to reach the higher levels. Teachers often make excellent use of computers and other technology to extend pupils' skills and understanding. Pupils enjoy school very much, do their best at all times and behave extremely well.

Pupils' highly positive attitudes contribute very well to their successful learning. They... have an excellent awareness of how to stay safe. Leaders promote pupils' personal development exceptionally well and provide them with a rich and exciting range of activities.

The school works very closely with parents, many of whom join their children for 'independence' sessions at the start of each day. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Leaders and governors have not yet secured teaching of a consistently outstanding quality. Teachers do not always keep a close enough check on pupils' understanding in lessons, or question them probingly to deepen their thinking.

Teachers do not pay enough attention to pupils' spelling, punctuation and grammar when they mark topic work. There are too few opportunities for pupils to write at length in subjects other than English.

Information about this school

The school is much larger than the average-sized primary school.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported at school action, school action plus, or who have a statement of special educational needs is below average. An above-average proportion of pupils are supported by the pupil premium. In this school, this relates to those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals.

The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is well above average, as is the proportion who speak English as an additional language. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics. The school works in partnership with two local primary schools.

The headteacher is executive headteacher of all three schools. The school is also led by an acting headteacher. The school hosts privately-run before- and after-school clubs, which are inspected separately.

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