Castle Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Fareham, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle Primary School is a primary school in Fareham, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Castle Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 68% (England 62%), 2nd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire that have results.
- In Reception 2026 there were 41 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 3 earlier years.
- 32 of the 96 applications (33%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Hampshire; 16 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Castle Street, Portchester, Fareham, PO16 9QQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 384 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils delight in coming to school.”
- “The reliable routines pupils follow from early years onwards support them to feel confident, happy and willing to take on challenges in lessons.”
- “Pupils work hard to meet the staff’s high expectations for them to achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, while the impact of curriculum changes on the achievement of the majority of pupils are notable across the school, some of the most disadvantaged are not yet achieving as highly as they could.”
- “Teaching is not adapted as well as it could be to meet these pupils’ needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 41 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Northern Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northern Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Red Barn Community Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wicor Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Elson Infant School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elson Junior School 2.4 mi Good
- Bedenham Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King's Academy Rowner 2.7 mi Good