Castle School
State-Funded School
Not published
No overall grade
About the School
Castle School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 7–18, located in Walsall, West Midlands.
It currently serves 247 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Quality ofeducation
Good
Personaldevelopment
Outstanding
Behaviour &attitudes
Outstanding
Sixth formprovision
Outstanding
Academic Performance
No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
72%Boys
28%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 7 – 18
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 247
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2025 | Good | Good | Outstanding | Outstanding | Not judged |
| 11 Sept 2013 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
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.
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