Castle View Academy
Portsmouth, PO6 4QP · Portsmouth · secondary school
7th of 10 secondary schools in Portsmouth we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 3.1/10 against 234 of them, against 1.3/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 29.1 · 15 | 30% | 0.45 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.56 · 13 | 25% | 0.33 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 35.6 · 7 | 10% | 0.07 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. Castle View Academy is rated Good by Ofsted, following an inspection in June 2026. In 2024/25, 29.1% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. The Attainment 8 score was 35.6, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.56 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (3.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.3 out of 10 against all schools).
Getting in. The school has 732 pupils in a capacity of 1000, leaving 268 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between the current Attainment 8 score and the national median? What specific measures are in place to improve Progress 8 scores for students from similar backgrounds? How does the recent inspection report address the current performance metrics?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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