Castleton Primary School

Castleton Primary School is performing well overall, with key areas such as the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership receiving positive evaluations. The school fosters a welcoming environment, aided by strong relationships between staff and parents, particularly in the early years, which supports children's smooth transition into school. With a culturally diverse pupil population, the school ensures that students are prepared for life in modern Britain through various educational experiences. However, there are some areas for improvement, including addressing slow progress in reading for younger students and tackling persistent absenteeism to ensure all pupils benefit from the good education offered.

Strengths

• Strong relationships established between staff and parents, enhancing children's transition.
• Diverse pupil population promoting cultural understanding.
• Leaders provide enriching educational visits and experiences.
• Effective provision for children with special educational needs.
• Ambitious and engaging curriculum promoting long-term retention of knowledge.

Areas for Improvement

• Pace of early reading and phonics curriculum in Year 1 is too slow.
• High level of persistent absenteeism affecting pupil learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Castleton Primary School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.0% of pupils at Castleton Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Castleton Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 33.9% of pupils at Castleton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Castleton Primary School received £8,693 and spent £9,517 for each of its 429 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £291,000 (-£678 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Castleton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Castleton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Castleton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Castleton Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Castleton Primary School have?

Castleton Primary School has 469 pupils on roll.

What age range does Castleton Primary School cover?

Castleton Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Castleton Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Castleton Primary School?

Castleton Primary School is at Green Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 1JZ.