Secondary
Rockwood Academy
Naseby Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1073 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Trust
- CORE EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 65.1
- Pupils per adult
- 16.7
- Pupils
- 1,084
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
23%
23 points below the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
39.1
8.2 below the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
82nd of 88 by our score, among the secondary schools in Birmingham we can score - 112 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 11% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 25% |
| 24/25 | 23% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.22 |
| 22/23 | -0.09 |
| 23/24 | -0.06 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.8 |
| 22/23 | 41.9 |
| 23/24 | 36.6 |
| 24/25 | 39.1 |
Naseby Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Birmingham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jamie Henshaw
- Address
- Naseby Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HG
- Telephone
- 01215666500