Rockwood Academy
Academy converter · Secondary
Birmingham · B8 3HG · Birmingham
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 145878
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
Free schools · Birmingham · B8 3DT
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
609
Local authority
Birmingham
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Boys free schools (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Birmingham, Birmingham, 609 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 59.4%. Religious character: Muslim.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 145878
Location
- Address
- 441 Alum Rock Road
- Postcode
- B8 3DT
- Town
- Birmingham
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- District
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 609
- Boys / girls
- 609 / 0
- School capacity
- 800
- Capacity fill
- 609 / 800 (76%)
- Free school meals
- 59.4%
- FSM pupils
- 362
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Boys
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Governance
- Academy trust: STAR ACADEMIES
- Academy trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
- Sponsor
- Star Academies
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Akhmed Hussain
- Telephone
- 01216577200
Official links
Ofsted information
Inspection data is separate from GIAS establishment records.
- 2023-01-18 — Outstanding (Report)