Castledon School

State-Funded School

castledon-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

Rayleigh and WickfordConstituency

SS12 0PWPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Castledon School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, located in Essex, East of England.

It currently serves 239 pupils. Castledon School is part of ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

239

Total Pupils

75%Boys

25%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 239
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
8 Sept 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
15 Jan 2019	Outstanding	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.