Rockwood Academy (formerly Park View School) is a mixed

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located in

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. The academy was last inspected by

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in 2016, and judged Good. It is sponsored by CORE Education Trust.

History

The school was built in the 1960s and was known as Naseby School. In 1983 it became Park View School and was based over two sites. The Lower School was located on Naseby Road and Upper school was based in Park Hall School. The school became Park View Business and Enterprise School in 2005 and later was refurbished in the early 2010s under the

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programme. The school was previously a specialist

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; however, in 2013 it became an academy sponsored by Park View Educational Trust. In 2014 the school was subject to an inquiry: see

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. The school was put under investigation by

. In 2015 the

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(EFA) found financial irregularities to the amount of £70,000, including a payment of £27,000 to a public relations firm without authorisation from the EFA. The EFA report alleged that money which had been allocated to the school under the government's

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scheme — which is intended to help the most disadvantaged of children — was misused on public relations. The school was renamed Rockwood Academy in September 2015, at the request of the children and their families. Rockwood is now sponsored by CORE Education Trust which has lifted the academy from special measures to 'Good' by Ofsted in 2016.

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CORE Education Trust
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