The Castle Rock School
Meadow Lane, Coalville, LE67 4BR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Roma Dhameja
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Lionheart Academies Trust
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,522
- Pupils on roll
- 1,060
- URN
- 138478
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01530834368
About this school
The Castle Rock School is a secondary academy in Coalville. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,060 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 189 | 186 | 228 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.6 | 42.0 | 42.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.78 -0.99 to -0.58 | -0.38 -0.59 to -0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 41.9% | 37.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 58.6% | 55.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 4.3% | 23.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Castle Rock School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.6 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.5 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,221 |
| 2023/24 | 1,162 |
| 2024/25 | 1,129 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Castle Rock School compares
The Castle Rock School ranked 35th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 47% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.5 | 10.5% | 25.2% | 1,060 | — |
| The Newbridge School | 41.2 | 9.8% | 24.6% | 863 | 1.9 miles |
| South Charnwood High School | 46.5 | 6.5% | 16% | 866 | 3.5 miles |
| Iveshead School | 43.7 | 9.1% | 20% | 985 | 3.6 miles |
| Ibstock School | 41.5 | 11.9% | 21.9% | 689 | 4.2 miles |
| Charnwood College | 43.9 | 6.6% | 29.1% | 664 | 4.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 23 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.21%
- English as an additional language
- 8.1%
- Overall absence
- 10.52%
- Persistent absence
- 27.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Newbridge School1.9 miles
Secondary · Coalville
-
South Charnwood High School3.5 miles
Secondary · Markfield
-
Iveshead School3.6 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
-
Ibstock School4.2 miles
Secondary · Ibstock
-
Charnwood College4.6 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
Other schools in Coalville
- The Newbridge School Secondary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville Primary
- Belvoirdale Community Primary School Primary
- Broom Leys School Primary
- Ellistown Community Primary School Primary
- Greenstone Primary School Primary
- Griffydam Primary School Primary
- Heather Primary School Primary
- Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Hugglescote Community Primary School Primary
- New Swannington Primary School Primary
- Newbold Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Castle Rock School teach?
- The Castle Rock School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Coalville.
- Who is the headteacher of The Castle Rock School?
- The headteacher of The Castle Rock School is Mrs Roma Dhameja, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Castle Rock School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Castle Rock School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Castle Rock School?
- The Castle Rock School has 1,060 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Castle Rock School full?
- The Castle Rock School has capacity for 1,522 pupils and 1,060 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Castle Rock School a faith school?
- No. The Castle Rock School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Castle Rock School a selective school?
- No. The Castle Rock School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Castle Rock School?
- The Castle Rock School is part of LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Castle Rock School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.6 in 2022/23 and 42.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Castle Rock School rank locally?
- The Castle Rock School ranked 35th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 47% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Castle Rock School's absence rate?
- The Castle Rock School's overall absence rate is 10.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Castle Rock School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Castle Rock School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.