Castle School, Cambridge

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

CambridgeshireLocal Authority

CambridgeConstituency

CB4 2EEPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Castle School, Cambridge is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Cambridgeshire, East of England.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 233 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.2
EBacc average point score: 0

Ethnicity

White

69%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

233

Total Pupils

65%Boys

35%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 233
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
25 Jun 2024	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
19 Dec 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.