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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award32
Sports StudiesTechnical Award31
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
MultimediaTechnical Award53
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE94
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Castle View Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
154
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
154
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes27
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022