Castle EAST School
Special schoolCastle EAST School is a special school in East Suffolk, for pupils aged 9 to 16. It had 130 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), March 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 17% of pupils at Castle EAST School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Suffolk and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Castle EAST School was 21.3, against 42.9 in East Suffolk and 46.2 in England.
12.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | East Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 21.3 | 42.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 12.5% | 41.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 33.3% | 61.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 24 | – | – |
- Castle EAST School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Bungay Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Bungay High SchoolSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.1 (2025/26, provisional)990 m
- St Edmund's RC Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 23% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in East Suffolk
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).