Community special school

Rosewood School

Boys · ages 9–16Dudley, West Midlands · Bilston WV14 8XJSchool website
Pupils on roll
48of 58 places
Free school meals
72.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
5
Ofsted
Good, 23 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at Rosewood School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

25% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Dudley and England.

Rosewood School
Dudley
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRosewood SchoolDudleyEngland
Pupils in the cohort83,412607,348
Any sustained destination63%90%92%
Stayed in education63%84%86%
— school sixth form0%12%34%
— sixth form college0%12%13%
— further education college50%59%37%
— other education13%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination25%7%6%
Destination unknown13%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature5100%86%21%
History5100%41%26%
Mathematics5100%88%22%
English Language5100%89%20%
Biology480%23%45%
Physical Education360%11%24%
Fine Art240%9%28%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction5

Other secondary schools in Dudley

Beacon Hill Academy

Academy converter · 1,117 pupils

78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0

Old Swinford Hospital

Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,036 pupils

95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.