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Castle View Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth PO6 4QP · castleviewacademy.org.uk · 023 9237 0321
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Portsmouth 39.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Portsmouth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 757
- 76% of 1,000 places
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 58.1%
- First language not English
- 11.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Portsmouth Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 119 families put the school first and 129 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 129 | 119 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 166 | 120 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 175 | 154 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 149 | 136 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 137 | 123 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.6, and 29.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Portsmouth it was 39.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼47.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.11 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 116462)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 0.9 | — |
| Further education | 62.6 | −13.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.8 | +0.9 |
| Employment | 3.7 | −2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 18.7 | +11.1 |
| Activity not captured | 11.2 | +7.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Castle View Academy on 2 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 2 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
32% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 32%
- Replies
- 22
- 4% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 95% who raised concerns
based on the 82% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (50%) with SEND