ROCKWOOD ACADEMY OUT OF SPECIAL MEASURES AFTER BEING RATED GOOD BY OFSTED

Rockwood Academy is celebrating after being removed from special measures and rated good by education watchdog Ofsted. The rating comes just two years after the school was deemed inadequate when it received its previous last full inspection in March 2014. Since then, Rockwood Academy has appointed a new principal, senior leadership team, governing body and

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Message from Mr Choudhury – Ofsted: Good

Dear parents/carers, It is with great pleasure and delight that I write to share the fantastic news that our school, Rockwood Academy, has been graded a ‘good’ school. This is based on the findings of the full Section 5 inspection carried out by a team of HMI and Ofsted inspectors on 16th and 17th March

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Latest Monitoring Inspection Report

Encouraging news from Ofsted Following the fifth Ofsted monitoring inspection at Rockwood Academy on 11-12th November 2015, I am writing to inform you that the report can now be accessed on both the CORE Education and Rockwood Academy websites (see below). The inspection, led by HMI Chris Chapman, was the final monitoring inspection before the

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Letter to Parents from Bob Wiggins – Chair of Board of Directors

Dear Parents, I consider it a privilege to have been asked to take the role of Chair of the Board of Directors of CORE Education Trust. Since August I have had many opportunities to engage with fellow Directors and school Governors of Nansen and Rockwood.  More recently I have been meeting with a number of

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CORE Education Trust Response to latest Ofsted Report

As you will know, we are one year on from the publication of the Section 5 Ofsted Inspections that led to the academies in the Park View Educational Trust being subject to special measures. The latest Ofsted monitoring inspection reports for Nansen and Park View have now been published and we received a positive visit

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