Castle View Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jun 7 2022 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Unique reference
- 145372
- Address
- Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, PO6 4QP
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 687 (62% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.5%
- Girls
- 51.5%
- First language not English
- 8.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 51.5%
- Persistent absence
- 41.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.7%
White British 83.1%
Other White 4.4%
African 3.8%
Mixed 3.7%
Unclassified 1.7%
Indian 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.17
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.46
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 23%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 35%
Local authority average 32%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 39.8
Local authority average 38.4
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.27
Local authority average 3.29
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design | Technical Award | 32 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 31 |
Dance: General | Technical Award | 11 |
Multimedia | Technical Award | 53 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 1 |
Biology | GCSE | 28 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 23 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 1 |
English Language | GCSE | 94 |
Admissions
Castle View Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 175
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 154
- 2nd preference
- 26
- 3rd preference
- 32
- From another Local Authority
- 10
Offers
- 1st preference
- 154
- 2nd preference
- 10
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 3
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 27 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 169 87 82 |
Year 8 | 143 66 77 |
Year 9 | 152 64 88 |
Year 10 | 116 61 55 |
Year 11 | 107 55 52 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 78.0% 83.6% 86.5% |
Further education | 76.0% 76.4% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 4.6% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 1.0% 2.1% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.6% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 4.0% 4.5% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 4.0% 3.8% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 11.0% 7.3% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 0.7% 1.0% |