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Castle View Primary Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMiss Claire Bright

corporate_fareCIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED

location_onLancaster, LA1 3LE

phone 152467880

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Ofsted

Inadequate

Inspected 2025

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Students

123

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Expected Standard

31%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Castle View Primary Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Lancaster, serving ages 4-11. Currently rated Inadequate by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 97% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Castle View Primary Academy is an academy sponsor led in Lancaster, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED. The school has approximately 101 pupils on roll, of whom 52% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 31% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #429 of 444 primaries in Lancashire and #13,861 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Inadequate. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Inadequate, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Requires improvement, and leadership and management Inadequate.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 25.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 2.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

31%

LA 59%

Reading62% LA 73%

Writing54% LA 69%

Maths38% LA 72%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

28%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading52% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing36% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths48% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

63%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading79% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing74% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths79% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.9

Read

LA -0.2

-2.1 to 3.8

-0.7

Write

LA 0.1

-3.5 to 2.2

-1.2

Maths

LA -0.3

-4.1 to 1.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

26 February 2025

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-02-26

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Inadequate

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Inadequate

2019-12-17

S5 Inspection EIF

Inadequate

Education

Inadequate

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Inadequate

2015-04-14

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

3.0%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.0%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 101 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 3.0%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	101	3	3.0%	0.8%	1
2024/25 (Autumn term)	105	3	2.9%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	123	4	3.3%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	132	4	3.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	122	11	9.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	138	7	5.1%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	123	6	4.9%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	119	4	3.4%	0.6%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 8 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 8 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 3 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 1 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils