Ark Castledown Primary Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Hastings, TN34 3QT
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Mulberry Baird Primary
Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TH
Local ranking126th of 136 primary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Primary
Phase
444
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 12 June 2024.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 56.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 52
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 317
- Boys
- 137 (50%)
- Girls
- 139 (50%)
- Capacity
- 444 (62% full)
- SEND
- 30.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.5%
- EAL
- 12.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 27.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,186/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 79.8%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Black African: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.3%
79.8%
White British
7.0%
White Other
4.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Parker Road
Hastings, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 140493
- UKPRN
- 10044470
- Establishment No.
- 2011
- Trust
- MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST
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