Robin Hood Infants' School

Previous inspections

• 12 May 2026School inspectionReport card
  Report
• 23 March 2022School inspectionGood
  Report
• 7 January 2011Interim assessment
  Report

Pupils

Pupils

257

Capacity

270

Girls / boys

46% / 54%

Free school meals

11%

Staff

Teachers (FTE)

8.4

Teaching assistants (FTE)

11.4

Leadership (FTE)

0.5

Part-time teachers

85%

School workforce census, 2025/26.

What is Robin Hood Infants' School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted inspected Robin Hood Infants' School on 12 May 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Expected standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing, for attendance and behaviour and for early years.

How do I apply for a place at Robin Hood Infants' School?

Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.

Where do children go after Year 2 at Robin Hood Infants' School?

Robin Hood Infants' School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Robin Hood Junior School, 390 m away. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Robin Hood Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.

Does living near Robin Hood Infants' School guarantee a place?

No. Distance only counts when Robin Hood Infants' School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Sutton, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.