Castle View Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Portsmouth
Allaway Avenue, Portsmouth, PO6 4QP
49
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 07/06/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
84.1%
41.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
757
Capacity used
Has space76%
1,000 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
120 of 120 families who put it first got an offer
166
Places offered
199
Total applications
1.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 120 | 120 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 27 | 9 | ● 33% |
| 3rd preference | 26 | 1 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 26 | 1 | ● 4% |
| Total | 199 | 131 | 66% |
1st preference success by year
Portsmouth lets families list 6 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- David Oakes
- Address
- Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, PO6 4QP
- Phone
- 02392370321
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Ward / constituency
- Paulsgrove · Portsmouth North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145372
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 58% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
757 pupils · 1,000 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
02 June 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Expected standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Needs attention Leadership and governance Expected standard Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard Post-16 provision Not applicable - 22
07 June 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 771 pupils
Attendance
84.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
15.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
41.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
10.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
7.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 34.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.56 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 25% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 37% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.97 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 29.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 47% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 28.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.11 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 117 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.