Castlebar School
Hathaway Gardens, Ealing, London, W13 0DH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jon Bailey
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Ealing North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 192
- Pupils on roll
- 193
- URN
- 101966
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089983135
About this school
Castlebar School is a community special school in London. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 193 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Castlebar School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 33 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Castlebar School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Ealing average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 63.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 66.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 65.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 170 |
| 2023/24 | 177 |
| 2024/25 | 184 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.83%
- English as an additional language
- 45.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.47%
- Persistent absence
- 17.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ealing Alternative Provision0.3 miles
Local authority maintained schools · London
-
Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain, London Welsh School0.3 miles
Independent schools · London
-
Springhallow School0.4 miles
Special schools · London
-
Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST0.6 miles
Independent schools
-
Avenue House School0.6 miles
Independent schools · London
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Common questions
- What ages does Castlebar School teach?
- Castlebar School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Castlebar School?
- The headteacher of Castlebar School is Mr Jon Bailey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Castlebar School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Castlebar School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Castlebar School?
- Castlebar School has 193 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Castlebar School full?
- Castlebar School has capacity for 192 pupils and 193 on roll (101%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Castlebar School a faith school?
- No. Castlebar School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Castlebar School have?
- The schools register lists Castlebar School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Castlebar School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Castlebar School's absence rate?
- Castlebar School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Castlebar School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Castlebar School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.