Castle View Primary Academy
Keswick Road, Lancaster, LA1 3LE
100 pupils · 48% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 56%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 26 February 2025, published 24 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 31% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 7 | 7 | 18 | 7 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 6 | 5 | 17 | 6 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 8 | 8 | 21 | 8 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 15 | 13 | 32 | 14 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster 1.1 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Bowerham Primary & Nursery School 1.5 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School 1.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.