Castle View Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 39.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 39.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 37.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 10.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.56 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	35.6[5]	29.1%[5]
2023/24	34.2[3]	25.2%[3]	-0.56[3]
2022/23	39.8[6]	35%[6]	-0.17[6]
2021/22	42.8[7]	45%[7]	-0.24[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 82% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 72% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 5% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	90%[9]	1%[9]	0%[9]	76%[9]	2%[9]	8%[9]
2020/21	87%[10]	1%[10]	1%[10]	76%[10]	4%[10]	4%[10]
2019/20	81%[11]	3%[11]	19%[11]	50%[11]	5%[11]	3%[11]
2018/19	80%[12]	2%[12]	11%[12]	58%[12]	2%[12]	6%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 2 Jun 2026[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 7 Jul 2026[13]
Inclusion: Expected standard[13]
Achievement: Expected standard[13]
Safeguarding standards: Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[13]
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention[13]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
7 Jun 2022[14]	S5 Inspection[14]	Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference): 207 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences: 119 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered: 129 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	199[15]	120[15]	166[15]	1.2[15]	0.7[15]
Entry Sept 2024	229[15]	154[15]	175[15]	1.3[15]	0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2023	182[15]	136[15]	149[15]	1.2[15]	0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2022	149[15]	123[15]	137[15]	1.1[15]	0.9[15]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 200 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1000[1]
Trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority: Portsmouth[1]
Website: https://www.castleviewacademy.org.uk/[1]
District: Portsmouth [17]
Postcode: PO6 4QP[1]
URN: 145372[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 732 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 10.2% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 15.2% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 4% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 55.3% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 84.4%[19]
Mixed: 4.5%[19]
Asian: 3%[19]
Black: 6.2%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 1.3%[19]
Unclassified: 0.5%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
castleviewacademy.org.uk: castleviewacademy.org.uk — Admissions Policy 2026 2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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Admission Number(s) The admission number is 200 students for entry into Year 7 in September 2026. (p. 2)
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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