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Castle View School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Foksville Road, Canvey Island SS8 7FH · castleviewschool.co.uk · 01268 696811
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,098
- 92% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 218 families put the school first and 237 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 | 237 | 218 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 208 | 199 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 240 | 245 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 232 | 226 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 216 | 214 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36, and 16.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36 | 46 | ||
| ▼16.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼29.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼11.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.81 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141498)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7 | +0.2 |
| Further education | 67.3 | −0.6 |
| Other education | 1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5 | +0.8 |
| Employment | 5.5 | +2.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.5 | −1 |
| Activity not captured | 5 | −2.9 |
Ofsted
Castle View School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 5 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 5 Dec 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 141498), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141498)
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 15
- 1% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on 5 parents (33%) whose child was bullied
based on 7 parents (47%) with SEND