Castle View Enterprise Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.304 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle View Enterprise Academy is a secondary school in Sunderland for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Castle View Enterprise Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.304 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.304 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025.
- That 2.304 miles was the 7th shortest of 16 Sunderland secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 3.48 miles.
- Year 7 2026 had 190 first-choice applications for 196 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 39% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sunderland.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sunderland schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cartwright Road, Sunderland, SR5 3DX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 993 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Castle View Academy is a school built on positive relationships and high expectations.”
- “There is a respectful warmth between staff and pupils.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons, teachers do not systematically check pupils’ understanding.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their learning that are not quickly addressed.”
- “However, these effective approaches to teaching and assessment are not secure across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 190 first-preference applications, 196 offers in total, 190 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sunderland.
- Red House Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sandhill View Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornhill Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkwearmouth Academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Washington Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Farringdon Community Academy 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published