Castlefields Primary School

Primary · Bridgnorth · WV16 5DQ

Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 12 May 2026 · report published 24 June 2026

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At a glance

226 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 3–11
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 4.4% of pupils
English as additional language: 0.4% of pupils
SEN support: 4.8% of pupils
EHC plan: 3.5% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: www.castlefieldsprimary.co.uk
URN: 145202

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.13 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

83%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

27%

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

109

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

110

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

3.3%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

6.9%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

27.9

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£5,439

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

12 May 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)
8 February 2022: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Oldbury Wells SchoolGood · Secondary · 0.2 mi
Bridgnorth Endowed SchoolGood · Secondary · 0.7 mi
St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement · Primary · 0.7 mi
St Leonard's CofE Primary SchoolExpected standard · Primary · 0.8 mi
St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.0 mi
Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.4 mi
Worfield Endowed Church Of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.7 mi
Barrow 1618 CofE Free SchoolGood · Primary · 5.6 mi

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