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Castle View Primary Academy

Lancaster, LA1 3LEPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
1 Good · 4 Requires improvement
Feb 2025
KS2 Results
28%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.8×
Not oversubscribed
5 1st-choice / 6 places
Ranking
#13,350
of 13,686 nationally

About Castle View Primary Academy

Castle View Primary Academy’s headline metrics place it well below the Lancashire average for primary schools. The local authority average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2 is 60 per cent, but Castle View’s figure is just 28 per cent. That gap is stark and consistent across individual subjects: only 52 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in reading, 48 per cent in maths, and 36 per cent in writing. The school ranks 45th out of 46 primary schools in the Lancaster local authority area, putting it in the bottom 2 per cent nationally. With 50. 5 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals — more than double the national average — the school serves a significantly disadvantaged community, which may partly explain the low outcomes, but the scale of the shortfall is nonetheless striking.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressKeswick Road, Lancaster, Lancaster, LA1 3LE
HeadteacherHuw Rose
Local AuthorityLancashire
Number of Pupils101
Free School Meals (FSM)50.5%
School Capacity101 / 210 (48% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

26 Feb 2025
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Quality of Education
Inadequate
Behaviour & Attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal Development
Requires improvement
Leadership & Management
Inadequate
Early Years Provision
Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 24 Mar 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Source: castleview.school. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Castle View Primary Academy has been rated "Inadequate" by Ofsted. This means the school has been identified as needing significant improvement. Ofsted will monitor the school closely.