The Castle School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 4 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
136916
Address
Wellington Road, TA1 5AU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1204 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
12.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
11%
Persistent absence
15.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.8%
Other White 5.1%
Indian 4.1%
Mixed 3.1%
Other Asian 2%
African 1.3%
Chinese 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.1
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.48
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE53
ChineseGCSE11
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Castle School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
307
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
230
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
120
121
Year 8
242
105
137
Year 9
243
120
123
Year 10
241
122
119
Year 11
237
120
117
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
80.7%
85.6%
Further education
24.0%
47.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
16.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
58.0%
15.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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