The Castle SchoolEngaging Potential

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Newbury.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares The Castle School and Engaging Potential in Newbury.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
The Castle School was judged Outstanding and Engaging Potential was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at The Castle School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

The Castle School versus Engaging Potential compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	NewburyThe Castle School	NewburyEngaging Potential	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	3-19	13-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	199	13
Capacity	212	14
Location	Newbury, RG14 2JG	Newbury, RG14 2PR
GCSE results
Cohort	15	6
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	199	13
Free school meals (ever 6)	46.2%	0.0%
English as an additional language	8.5%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	12.6%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	42.0%	Not reported	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.