The Castle School is a secondary school located in Taunton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 04/06/2009. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Wellington Road, Taunton, TA1 5AU
Website: http://www.castleschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01823274073
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Somerset
Headteacher / Principal: Mr James Lamb
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136916

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 04/06/2009

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1188
Number of Pupils: 1201
Number of Boys: 613
Number of Girls: 588

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.19 Confidence interval 0.03 to 0.36
Of the 232 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 228 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:30%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:57%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:53
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.58
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Parkfield Primary School
Parkfield Road , TA1 4RT 		2out of 4 730 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
North Town Academy
Staplegrove Road , TA1 1DF 		3out of 4 783 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Bishops Hull Primary School
Bishops Hull Hill , Bishops Hull TA1 5EB 		3out of 4 1,203 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton
Henderson Close , TA1 4TU 		3out of 4 1,203 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Andrew's Church School
Grove Terrace , TA2 6HA 		3out of 4 1,371 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Castle School
Wellington Road , TA1 5AU 		4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Bishop Fox's School
Bishop Fox Drive , TA1 3HQ 		3out of 4 2,321 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Taunton Academy
Cheddon Road , TA2 7QP 		2out of 4 2,874 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Richard Huish College
South Road , TA1 3DZ 		- not rated 2,237 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Taunton School
Staplegrove Road , TA2 6AD 		- not rated 1,171 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Taunton Preparatory School
Staplegrove Road , TA2 6AE 		- not rated 1,171 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Silver Bridge School
54 Silver Street , Taunton TA1 3DL 		- not rated 1,757 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Queen's College
Trull Road , TA1 4QS 		- not rated 1,807 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
King's College Taunton
South Road , TA1 3LA 		- not rated 1,820 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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