The Castle School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bristol, BS35 1HT
- Distance
- 2.7km away
Marlwood School
Vattingstone Lane, Alveston, Bristol, BS35 3LA
Local ranking11th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 54.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 109
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2023-24*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
- 16-18 Cohort
- 1
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 566
- Boys
- 315 (56%)
- Girls
- 251 (44%)
- Capacity
- 750 (75% full)
- SEND
- 19.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.0%
- EAL
- 8.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,464/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.8%
- White Other: 7.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Other: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.5%
84.8%
White British
7.1%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Vattingstone Lane
Bristol, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 141341
- UKPRN
- 10047462
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST
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