Alec Hunter Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,058 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
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Castle View School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,098of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 171
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 5 December 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Castle View School (URN 141498, until 1 September 2019).
What the data says
Castle View School has no sixth form. Of the 158 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 68% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Essex, with 16% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 Essex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Castle View School | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 158 | 15,970 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 68% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Castle View School | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.0 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 30% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 12% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.81 | 3.97 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.5 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.1 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 167 | 98% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 38% |
| Mathematics | 166 | 97% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 40% |
| English Literature | 163 | 95% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 48% |
| Combined Science | 156 | 91% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 37% |
| Geography | 86 | 50% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 24% |
| History | 61 | 36% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 49% |
| Fine Art | 59 | 35% | 9% | 14% | 28% | 53% |
| French | 25 | 15% | 18% | 24% | 29% | 68% |
| Music | 20 | 12% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 3D Design | 17 | 10% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 47% |
| Drama | 16 | 9% | 7% | 25% | 27% | 63% |
| Dance | 7 | 4% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| Biology | 6 | 4% | 23% | 67% | 45% | 83% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 3% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Physics | 5 | 3% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Astronomy | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 93 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 38 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 34 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 29 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 25 | — | — |
| Tourism | 19 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 18 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 1 | — | — |
Where Castle View School is
Other secondary schools in Essex 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 Essex’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Essex
Anglo European School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,533 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6
Beauchamps High School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,486 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
Free schools · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.0
Bmat Stem Academy
University technical college · sixth form · 240 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.1
Brentwood County High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,097 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
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.