The Castle School

URN 136916·Secondary·Academy converter·Blackdown Education Partnership·Compare
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Oct 2023Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,166.94

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

73.3%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

17.9%

of income

In-year balance

+2.1%

of income

Key indicators

No active flags for this school.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

3 October 2023 · S5 Inspection

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour & attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership & management

Outstanding
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Progress 8Measures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.
Attainment 8Average score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.53.4
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.79.5%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)57.7%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.30.1%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,202

Capacity

1,188 (101%)

Free school meals

12.4%

English additional lang.

13.2%

Ethnicity

White British 80.7%Asian 7.6%Black 2.7%Mixed 2.9%Chinese 0.4%Other 0.5%

Age range: 1119

Workforce

FTE teachersFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

74.1

Pupil:teacher ratioNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

16.2

Mean salary

£52,762

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

7.2%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

16.1%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

5.0%

Unauthorised absence

2.2%

2024/25 · 1,221 pupils