Rooks Heath School

Rooks Heath School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. It provides a welcoming and inclusive environment where pupils from diverse backgrounds thrive. The school demonstrates strong behaviour management, resulting in a positive atmosphere for learning. Although the curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, there are some areas for improvement in supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and enhancing the reading program for less proficient readers. This is the first inspection since the school was last judged to be good in 2019, and it reflects both the strengths and challenges faced by the school community.

Strengths

• Strong subject knowledge among teachers
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum
• Positive behaviour management leading to a respectful environment
• Effective support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Engaging extra-curricular activities fostering pupil involvement

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum adaptation sometimes lacking for pupils with SEND
• Reading program not always effectively implemented for struggling readers

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Rooks Heath School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.5% of pupils at Rooks Heath School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 5 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Rooks Heath School had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.5% of pupils at Rooks Heath School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Rooks Heath School received £8,729 and spent £8,743 for each of its 1,202 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £873,000 (£727 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Tithe Academy, income was £8,367 and spending £8,353 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Rooks Heath School is part of Tithe Academy, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Earlsmead Primary School Harrow

What is Rooks Heath School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rooks Heath School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Rooks Heath School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rooks Heath School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Rooks Heath School have?

Rooks Heath School has 1,148 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rooks Heath School cover?

Rooks Heath School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Rooks Heath School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 40.3, and 32% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Rooks Heath School?

Rooks Heath School is at Eastcote Lane, South Harrow, Harrow, HA2 9AH.