Castle View Primary Academy

Keswick Road, Lancaster, LA1 3LE

Local ranking419th of 466 primary schools in Lancashire

Ofsted: Requires improvement

Primary

Phase

210

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Castle View Primary School (URN 119131) since 1 July 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 26 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Placed in a category of concern: Serious weaknesses.

Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Inadequate
Behaviour & attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Requires improvement
Leadership & management: Inadequate
Early years: Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 31.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 0.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 62.0%
Writing (Expected): 54.0%
Maths (Expected): 38.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 54.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 105.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 100.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 102.0
Cohort Size: 13

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 101
Boys: 59 (58%)
Girls: 42 (42%)
Capacity: 210 (48% full)
SEND: 22.8%
FSM Eligible: 52.5%
EAL: 24.8%
SEN with EHC Plan: 5.9%
SEN Support: 16.8%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 22.5:1
Teachers (FTE): 4.5
Budget per Pupil: £10,059/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 7.1% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 21.3% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Does not apply
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 77.1%
White Other: 4.2%
Asian Other: 4.2%
Black African: 4.2%
Other: 4.2%
Mixed Other: 2.1%
Asian Indian: 2.1%
Black Other: 2.1%

77.1%

White British

4.2%

White Other

4.2%

Asian Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

0152467880

claire.bright@cidari.co.uk

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Keswick Road

Lancaster, North West

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Administrative

URN: 148231
UKPRN: 10087063
Establishment No.: 2011
Trust: CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED

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