Redmoor Academy
Wykin Road, Hinckley, LE10 0EP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE FUTURES TRUST
- Acting Principal
- Mr Matthew Nicolle
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Futures Trust
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 925
- Pupils on roll
- 990
- URN
- 137968
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01455230731
About this school
Redmoor Academy is a secondary academy in Hinckley. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 990 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 181 | 183 | 183 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.2 | 47.6 | 47.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.18 -0.03 to +0.39 | +0.23 +0.03 to +0.44 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 47.5% | 46.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 72.1% | 72.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 30.1% | 27.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Redmoor Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.2 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.6 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.9 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 920 |
| 2023/24 | 919 |
| 2024/25 | 951 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Redmoor Academy compares
Redmoor Academy ranked 19th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 69% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.9 | 7.6% | 22.4% | 990 | — |
| The Hinckley School | 43.8 | 9.9% | 22.7% | 1,080 | 1.4 miles |
| Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 54.3 | 6.5% | 11.4% | 731 | 1.5 miles |
| Hastings High School | 48.5 | 7.2% | 14.2% | 890 | 1.7 miles |
| Heath Lane Academy | 40 | 10.5% | 32.1% | 644 | 2.7 miles |
| Higham Lane North Academy | — | — | — | 154 | 2.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report14 April 2026
- 14 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.4%
- English as an additional language
- 5.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.59%
- Persistent absence
- 19.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Hinckley School1.4 miles
Secondary · Hinckley
-
Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
-
Hastings High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Hinckley
-
Heath Lane Academy2.7 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Higham Lane North Academy2.9 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
Other schools in Hinckley
- Hastings High School Secondary
- The Hinckley School Secondary
- Sketchley Hill Menphys Nursery School, Burbage Nursery
- Battling Brook Primary School Primary
- Burbage Church of England Infant School Primary
- Burbage Junior School Primary
- Hinckley Parks Primary School Primary
- Hollycroft Primary School Primary
- Richmond Primary School Primary
- Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Sharnford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Redmoor Academy teach?
- Redmoor Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hinckley.
- Who is the acting principal of Redmoor Academy?
- The acting principal of Redmoor Academy is Mr Matthew Nicolle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Redmoor Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Redmoor Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Redmoor Academy?
- Redmoor Academy has 990 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Redmoor Academy full?
- Redmoor Academy has capacity for 925 pupils and 990 on roll (107%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Redmoor Academy a faith school?
- No. Redmoor Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Redmoor Academy a selective school?
- No. Redmoor Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Redmoor Academy?
- Redmoor Academy is part of THE FUTURES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Redmoor Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.2 in 2022/23 and 47.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Redmoor Academy rank locally?
- Redmoor Academy ranked 19th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 69% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Redmoor Academy's absence rate?
- Redmoor Academy's overall absence rate is 7.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Redmoor Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Redmoor Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.