Castle Hill Academy

What Ofsted found

Short inspection, July 2025.

• Outcome: Castle Hill Academy has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection.
• Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• The report says the school has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at its previous inspection.
• Inspectors found the school is highly inclusive and caters effectively for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

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How it teaches

• The school uses the Read Write Inc phonics programme.

Source: Castle Hill Academy website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Admissions

• The school takes children aged 2 to 11 years in a nursery and a two form of entry primary school.
• The school has a published admission number of 60 pupils for entry into Reception each year.
• Where applicants cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria, places are allocated by random allocation supervised by someone independent of the school.
• Children with an EHCP naming the school are admitted and looked after children get top priority.
• The nursery has 70 part-time places, 35 in the morning and 35 in the afternoon.

Source: Castle Hill Academy website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Visiting

• Families can take a virtual tour of the school using an icon on the website.

Source: Castle Hill Academy website. Checked 11 November 2026.

The school day and clubs

• Breakfast club costs £5 including breakfast and after school club costs £6 including a light snack or tea.
• Nursery morning session runs from 8.45 am to 11.45 am and the afternoon session from 12.00 pm to 3.00 pm.
• The KS1 and KS2 doors open from 8.30 am daily.

Source: Castle Hill Academy website; Castle Hill Academy website. Checked 11 November 2026.

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