Aldridge School - A Science College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,629 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Community special school
Castle School
- Pupils on roll
- 247of 205 places
- Free school meals
- 53.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 31
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 3 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 22 pupils who finished Year 11 at Castle School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Castle School’s own sixth form (Walsall average 43%), 95% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Walsall and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Castle School | Walsall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 22 | 3,611 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 95% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 4% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Where Castle School is
Other secondary schools in Walsall are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Walsall’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Walsall
Barr Beacon School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,469 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
Bloxwich Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,383 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.9
Blue Coat Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 972 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.4
Brownhills Ormiston Academy
Academy converter · 778 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.1
Grace Academy Darlaston
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,059 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.