Castle View Primary Academy
Primary school in Lancaster, Lancashire. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Feb 2025). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 26 February 2025, report published 24 March 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around February 2029
The last inspection was in February 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.3 milesLancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School
Report card, Jun 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- 0.5 milesThe Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
- 0.7 milesSt Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Requires improvement (Jun 2024)
- 0.8 milesLancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School
Report card, Jul 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- 0.9 milesBowerham Primary & Nursery School
Report card, Jan 2026: 6 strong, 1 expected
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.