Castleview School
9a & 10a Waterloo House, North Street, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1HS
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vickie Perkins
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 78
- Pupils on roll
- 33
- URN
- 134438
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01530560775
About this school
Castleview School is an independent special school in Ashby De La Zouch. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 33 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Castleview School under its current framework. 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
Castleview School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2003, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Attainment 8 score | 1.7 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Castleview 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 | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1.7 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.9 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 6.5 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 47 |
| 2024/25 | 26 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 33
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Huntingdon House School0.2 miles
Special schools · Ashby-De-La-Zouch
-
Dame Catherine Harpur's School4.6 miles
Independent schools · Derby
-
Esteem South Academy5.4 miles
Academies · Swadlincote
-
Forest Way School6.0 miles
Academies · Coalville
-
Repton Preparatory School6.3 miles
Independent schools · Derby
Common questions
- What year groups does Castleview School teach?
- Castleview School teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Ashby De La Zouch.
- Who is the headteacher of Castleview School?
- The headteacher of Castleview School is Mrs Vickie Perkins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Castleview School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Castleview School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Castleview School?
- Castleview School has 33 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is Castleview School full?
- Castleview School has capacity for 78 pupils and 33 on roll (42%), so it has space against 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 Castleview School a faith school?
- No. Castleview School has no designated religious character.
- How have Castleview School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 1.7 in 2022/23 and 6.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Castleview School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Castleview 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 24 July 2026.