Rockwood Academy

State-Funded School

rockwood-academy-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham LadywoodConstituency

B8 3HGPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Rockwood Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,073 pupils. Rockwood Academy is part of CORE EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 39.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 22.5%
EBacc average point score: 3.28

Ethnicity

White

Asian

73%

Black

11%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

1,073

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

64%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,073
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: CORE EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
21 Apr 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.