Castleview Primary School

About Castleview Primary School

Castleview Primary School in Slough is clearly a popular choice among local families. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 107 applications for just 55 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.95, meaning nearly two families applied for every available spot. Of those, 51 were first-preference applications, and 51 first-preference offers were made, suggesting that most families who put it top got in. This level of demand is a strong signal that parents rate the school highly, and it aligns with the school’s Good rating from Ofsted in its most recent inspection in 2021. The inspection report noted Good marks across the board: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management were all rated Good, while early years provision also came in at Good. That’s a solid, consistent picture, and the fact that the school was previously rated Outstanding in 2006 gives some historical context, though the current rating is what matters for today’s parents.

Academically, Castleview performs well above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Slough local authority average of 70%. That puts the school in the top 25% nationally for this metric, ranking 6th out of 26 primary schools in Slough. Looking at individual subjects, 90% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, with an average score of 110, and 84% did so in writing. At the higher standard, 27% of pupils achieved the higher benchmark across all three subjects, with maths again leading at 57%. Reading and writing higher scores were 43% and 37% respectively. These results suggest a school that is particularly strong in maths, but still delivers solid outcomes across the board, and the progress scores aren’t available in the data, so it’s hard to say how much value the school adds relative to starting points.

The school offers a good range of facilities and activities that should appeal to families looking for a broad primary experience. There’s a sensory room, library, art studios, forest school and a sports hall, plus clubs including chess, choir and eco club. Sports on offer include cricket, athletics, tennis, dance, football and swimming. For children with additional needs, Castleview has a resourced provision and supports pupils with moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. The school has a nursery provision, so it can take children from age three, and with a capacity of 480 and 477 pupils on roll, it’s essentially full. The religious character is None, so it’s a non-faith community school. Given the oversubscription, families applying from outside the immediate catchment area should be realistic about their chances, but for those who secure a place, the combination of strong academic results, good Ofsted grades and varied extracurriculars makes this a solid choice for primary education in Slough.

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