Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
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Rockwood Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,073of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 63.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 204
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 30 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Park View Business and Enterprise School (URN 103524, until 1 April 2012).
What the data says
Rockwood Academy has no sixth form. Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.1 against 46.1 across England and 46.6 in Birmingham, with 23% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Computer Science is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 13% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 2% 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 Birmingham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Rockwood Academy | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 180 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 21% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 22% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Rockwood Academy | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.1 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 11% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 65% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.0 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.0 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 206 | 100% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 66% |
| Mathematics | 206 | 100% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 46% |
| English Literature | 206 | 100% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 179 | 88% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 40% |
| Religious Studies | 113 | 55% | 31% | 27% | 32% | 80% |
| History | 108 | 53% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 50% |
| Geography | 96 | 47% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 21% |
| Business Studies | 54 | 26% | 18% | 2% | 20% | 26% |
| Computer Science | 49 | 24% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 20% |
| Biology | 27 | 13% | 23% | 63% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 13% | 23% | 52% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 27 | 13% | 23% | 37% | 46% | 96% |
| Citizenship Studies | 22 | 11% | 3% | 9% | 19% | 32% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 10% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 14% |
| 3D Design | 17 | 8% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 29% |
| Spanish | 11 | 5% | 19% | 64% | 27% | 82% |
| French | 8 | 4% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 63% |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Birmingham
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Academy sponsor led · 969 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Ark Boulton Academy
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Ark Kings Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 739 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.5
Ark St Alban's Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 797 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Ark Victoria Academy
Free schools · 1,519 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
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.