Castle Rock - The Castle Rock School

Castle Rock Sixth Form Applications Open

Applications are now open to join us in 2025.

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APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2025

Applications to join us in Year 7 in 2025 are now open via your home local authority

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Welcome to The Castle Rock School

We set high standards and have high expectations. We believe this is the key to the excellent achievements of our students. Our culture of success is founded on hard work, outstanding care, guidance and support and inspiring teaching.

Message from the Principals

Lionheart teach

As part of the Lionheart Educational Trust, our group of schools offer a school-direct teacher training programme for anyone wishing to train as a teacher. Applications for 2023 entry will open during autumn 2022.

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Hire our facilities

As a school of Lionheart Venues, we are part of a group of contemporary multi-use facilities available for hire throughout Leicestershire. The Lionheart Educational Trust schools have successfully hosted many memorable occasions, events and activities over the years.

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We are delighted to welcome prospective students and their parents/carers to The Castle Rock School, and we look forward to establishing strong and positive relationships with you.

We are passionate about learning. We match our clear focus on academic excellence with a strong commitment to personal, social and emotional development.

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Our Aims

Making a decision about where to send your child to school can be a tricky one, but we believe that The Castle Rock School offers the very best opportunities from Year 7 – 13 and onwards for further training or employment. An inclusive school where students can be the best they can be: where they can develop as successful learners, confident individuals, and responsible citizens.

GCSE Results Day 2024

August 22, 2024

Our level of progress over the last three years has been contextualised in this year’s results, where the percentage of students achieving a grade 9-5 in English and Mathematics increased by 29.96% when compared to last year’s data. Elsewhere, 62.3% of students achieved an average grade of 9-4. There were also multiple student success stories to savour. Mariam achieved seven GCSEs at 9-6 – including a 9 in Religious Studies – and can look forward to continuing her journey at Castle Rock Sixth Fo…

Celebrating A-level success

August 16, 2024

Amongst the cohort, a key collective highlight was the performances of all those undertaking either Media Production and Applied Science, who all achieved A* to C. There were also multiple individual success stories, with 17% of students receiving offers from Russell Group Universities. Among these was Benjamin, who achieved three A*s in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics; he can look forward to a place at the University of Cambridge in September, where he will study Mechanical Engineering. Hayl…

Students Shine at Annual Sports Day

July 10, 2024

A highlight of the year for staff and for our bugging young athletes, who enjoyed competing against one another in a range of sporting activities. In the morning, Year 9s played benchball, rounders and basketball, while the Year 10s tackled netball, football and dodgeball. There was a terrific standard on show and all the matches were played in a highly competitive, yet supportive, spirit. Students had the chance to add to their overall school with a sports-themed quiz in the middle of the day.…

Upcoming Events

June 26, 2024

This week - 26th June - Lionheart speaks (evening) 27th June - Celebration evening 28th June - 6th Form Ball Next week - Tues 2nd July - Meet the Tutor Evening 4th and 5th July - Year 7 Induction days

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