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Castle View Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 757Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 145372URN

Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, PO6 4QP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.5 below Portsmouth median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Portsmouth

207 applications for 129 places · 10th of 10 in Portsmouth
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.2of 90
8th of 11 in Portsmouth
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 7 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 7 June 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Portsmouth median (2.1) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

207 applications · 129 places offered · 119 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Portsmouth median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.2; Portsmouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; Portsmouth median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.2; Portsmouth median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.1; Portsmouth median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.3; Portsmouth median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.2; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.2; Portsmouth median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.3; Portsmouth median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.2; Portsmouth median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.1; Portsmouth median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.1; Portsmouth median median 1.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.1; Portsmouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Portsmouth median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Portsmouth median

Dashed bars: as King Richard School (URN 116462), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261292071.61190.92
Sep 20251661991.21200.72
Sep 20241752291.31540.88
Sep 20231491821.21360.91
Sep 20221371491.11230.90
Sep 20211221531.31210.99
Sep 20201261471.21200.95
Sep 20191131331.21030.91
Sep 2018 *991261.3960.97
Sep 2017 *1061271.21040.98
Sep 2016 *1321411.11170.89
Sep 2015 *1221311.11090.89
Sep 2014 *1041151.1920.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

138 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.28th of 11 in Portsmouth
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%4th of 11 in Portsmouth
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Portsmouth median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.56
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13839.238%59%–
2024/2511735.629%47%–
2023/2410734.225%37%−0.56
2022/239639.835%52%−0.17

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145372 · 851/4302
Trust
United Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,000 pupils · 757 on roll
Free school meals
58.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2018
Replaced
King Richard School (URN 116462)
Address
Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, PO6 4QP
Local authority
Portsmouth

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources