Robin Hood Primary and Nursery School
General Information
- Address: Bowness Crescent, Kingston Vale, London, SW15 3QL – View on map
- Phone: 02085467388
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sally Berlemont
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 11 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 11 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 60
- % eligible for free school meals: 40.8%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Kingston upon Thames average)
- English as an additional language: 38% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.6% a year (Kingston upon Thames 15.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 64% moved to another school, 36% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Kingston upon Thames: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Kingston upon Thames, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 9.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 26.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Autism 14 places · 8 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 11.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 45% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 23 percentage points below the Kingston upon Thames average (68%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 52% · Writing 76% · Maths 62% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 48%
- Average test scores: reading 100, maths 102
- Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 25th of 27 junior and primary schools in the area
- #24St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School47%
- =25Lime Tree Primary School45%
- =25Robin Hood Primary and Nursery School45%
- #27King's Oak Primary School38%
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11th of 19 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for Ofsted rating
- #9Malden Manor Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #10Malden Parochial CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #11Robin Hood Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #12St Agatha's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #13St John's C of E Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,992 (2024-25)
4th of 25 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for spending per pupil
- #2Knollmead Primary School£10,406
- #3King's Oak Primary School£9,563
- #4Robin Hood Primary and Nursery School£8,992
- #5King Athelstan Primary School£8,707
- #6Ellingham Primary School£8,584
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