Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth FormRockwood Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Birmingham.

Summary of the comparison

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form and Rockwood Academy are secondary schools in Birmingham.

  • Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Rockwood Academy scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form was judged Good and Rockwood Academy was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 49.8 for Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form and 39.1 for Rockwood Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form (49.1 in 2021-22, 49.8 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Rockwood Academy (44.8 in 2021-22, 39.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form versus Rockwood Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BirminghamBordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth FormBirminghamRockwood AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC64/100Stronger figureD51/100
Local ranking27th of 89 in Birmingham Stronger figure66th of 89 in Birmingham
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-16
GenderGirls Mixed
Pupils on roll965 1,078
Capacity1,000 1,050
LocationBirmingham, B9 4TR Birmingham, B8 3HG
GCSE results
Attainment 849.8 Stronger figure39.1 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths44.8% Stronger figure22.5% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths64.2% Stronger figure46.1% 64.8%
Entering EBacc89.6% Stronger figure10.8% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.47 Stronger figure3.28 4.09
Cohort134 204
A-level results
A-level entries98 Not reported
A-level average points26.6 Not reported35.0
A-level average gradeC- Not reported
Best 3 A-levels points26.2 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects5.4% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census965 1,078
Free school meals (ever 6)61.3% 62.3%
English as an additional language93.2% 26.6%
SEN support12.5% 18.1%
SEN with an EHC plan2.3% 0.9%
Attendance
Overall absence7.5% Stronger figure12.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence21.0% Stronger figure39.8% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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