Castleview Primary School
Woodstock Avenue, Slough, SL3 7LJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CASTLEVIEW SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Ms Rebecca Austin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Slough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 453
- URN
- 138659
- Local authority
- Slough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01753810615
About this school
Castleview Primary School is a primary academy in Slough. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 453 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 64 | 63 | 64 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 79% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 27% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 83% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 98% | 90% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 92% | 86% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111.0 | 110.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.50 | - | - |
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 Castleview Primary 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 | Slough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 83% | 59.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 64.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 65.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 475 |
| 2023/24 | 468 |
| 2024/25 | 477 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Castleview Primary School compares
Castleview Primary School ranked 17th of 28 primary schools in Slough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 453 | — |
| Ryvers School | 64% | 6.3% | 16.5% | 668 | 0.4 miles |
| The Langley Academy Primary | 61% | 4% | 13.3% | 679 | 0.6 miles |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | 77% | 4.1% | 12.9% | 475 | 0.7 miles |
| Marish Primary School | 77% | 6.8% | 21.4% | 763 | 0.9 miles |
| Langley Hall Primary Academy | 68% | 5.5% | 13.5% | 646 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 February 2026
- 29 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.23%
- English as an additional language
- 69%
- Overall absence
- 5.75%
- Persistent absence
- 11.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ryvers School0.4 miles
Primary · Slough
-
The Langley Academy Primary0.6 miles
Primary · Slough
-
Holy Family Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Slough
-
Marish Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Slough
-
Langley Hall Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Langley
Other schools in Slough
Castleview Primary School ranks 15th of the 28 ranked primary schools in Slough.
- Cippenham School Primary
- Claycots School Primary
- Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
- Farnham Common Infant School Primary
- Foxborough Primary School Primary
- Fulmer Infant School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School Primary
- James Elliman Academy Primary
- Khalsa Primary School Primary
- Lent Rise School Primary
- Lynch Hill School Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Castleview Primary School teach?
- Castleview Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Slough.
- Who is the headteacher of Castleview Primary School?
- The headteacher of Castleview Primary School is Ms Rebecca Austin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Castleview Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Castleview Primary 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 big is Castleview Primary School?
- Castleview Primary School has 453 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Castleview Primary School full?
- Castleview Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 453 on roll (94%), 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 Primary School a faith school?
- No. Castleview Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Castleview Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Castleview Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Castleview Primary School?
- Castleview Primary School is part of CASTLEVIEW SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Castleview Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Castleview Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Castleview Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Castleview Primary School rank locally?
- Castleview Primary School ranked 17th of 28 primary schools in Slough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Castleview Primary School's absence rate?
- Castleview Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Castleview Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Castleview Primary 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 1 July 2026.