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Rockwood Academy

URN
138059
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Rockwood Academy
URN
138059
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

54 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

39

Inspection

68

Admissions Value

41

Destinations

49

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#70 of 75 schools in Birmingham

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

Some performance indicators suggest families should review details carefully.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Rockwood Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Rockwood Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
21 May 2025
Inspection date
30 April 2025
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Standards maintained

    Graded 21 May 2025

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

205

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

628

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

205

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.06×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Birmingham
Admissions portal
Birmingham admissions
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.corerockwood.academy

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

39.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

22.5%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

46.1%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

10.8%

EBacc achievement

Location

B8 3HG - Naseby Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Naseby Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, West Midlands
Postcode
B8 3HG
Phone
1215666500
Website
http://www.corerockwood.academy
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Birmingham
Local authority code
330

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 979 schools in Birmingham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

979

Open schools

512

Closed schools

461

Primary schools

559

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    21 May 202530 April 2025-Standards maintainedView report for inspection published 21 May 2025
    • Standards maintained

      Published
      21 May 2025
      Inspected
      30 April 2025
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    32.6%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 147

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    2.9%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    88.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    5.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    162

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary559 (58.8%)
    • Secondary162 (17.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other229 (24.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Nansen Primary School0 mPrimaryOpen
    Nansen Primary School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Park View Business and Enterprise School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Highfield Junior and Infant School349 mPrimaryClosed
    Highfield Junior and Infant School352 mPrimaryOpen
    Highfield Nursery School377 mNurseryOpen
    Shaw Hill Primary School447 mPrimaryOpen
    Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East486 mSecondaryOpen
    Birmingham Private School for Boys555 mNot applicableClosed
    Parkfield Community School724 mPrimaryOpen
    • Nansen Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Nansen Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Park View Business and Enterprise School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Highfield Junior and Infant School
      Distance
      349 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

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    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Birmingham)

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    • Arena Academy
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    • Arena Academy
      Phase
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      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Ark Boulton Academy
    Highfield Junior and Infant School
    Distance
    352 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Highfield Nursery School
    Distance
    377 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Shaw Hill Primary School
    Distance
    447 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
    Distance
    486 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Birmingham Private School for Boys
    Distance
    555 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Parkfield Community School
    Distance
    724 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    B11 2QG
    Status
    Open