Ofsted inspection · 20/06/2023
Overview of Castle Primary School · Primary · Somerset
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 50% | 8% | 65% | 15% | 85% | 12% | 58% | 8% | 88% | 62% | 103.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 | — | — | — | 15% | 140 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 71% | 8% | 50% | 0% | 38% | 8% | 58% | 46% | 103.0 | 97.0 | 100.0 | — | — | — | 11% | 148 |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 0% | 75% | 30% | 75% | 10% | 60% | 5% | 85% | 70% | 104.0 | 99.0 | 102.0 | -2.50 | -0.70 | -6.80 | 11% | 141 |
| 2018/19 | 28% | 0% | 48% | 20% | 60% | 16% | 32% | 0% | 56% | 40% | 101.0 | 97.0 | 99.0 | -0.60 | +0.50 | -4.90 | 3% | 162 |
| 2017/18 | 31% | 0% | 77% | 15% | 62% | 31% | 54% | 8% | 100% | 54% | 105.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 | -0.30 | -0.80 | -2.50 | — | 134 |
| 2016/17 | 42% | 5% | 63% | 26% | 63% | 16% | 53% | 5% | 84% | 63% | 104.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 | +1.00 | -1.00 | -3.60 | 26% | 130 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 140 | 20.5 | 15% | 1% | 32% | 5% | 11% |
| 2023/24 | 148 | 20.3 | 11% | 0% | 34% | 6% | 16% |
| 2022/23 | 141 | 19.6 | 11% | 0% | 29% | 8% | 20% |
| 2021/22 | 140 | 20.3 | 12% | 1% | 25% | 8% | 20% |
| 2020/21 | 145 | 21.0 | 12% | 1% | 19% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 162 | 21.0 | 3% | 0% | 26% | 5% | 10% |
| 2017/18 | — | 20.9 | — | — | — | 5% | 15% |
| 2016/17 | 130 | 18.6 | 26% | 0% | 32% | 5% | 12% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.