Castle View School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Canvey Island, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Castle View School is a secondary school in Canvey Island, Essex for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Castle View 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 59 of the 71 other Essex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- GCSE English and maths 2024/25: 16% at grade 5 or above, lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex that have results.
- Year 7 2026: 218 first-choice applications for 237 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 19 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 28.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.4% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Foksville Road, Canvey Island, SS8 7FH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,098 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are responsible and proud to be a part of Castle View School.”
- “They know, and appreciate, how the school prepares them for life beyond school as active and responsible people.”
- “Pupils develop a strong understanding of important issues such as homophobia, gender fluidity, stereotypes, sexual orientation and of other religions, faiths, cultures and beliefs.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s work on this has not, at this stage, had sufficient impact.”
- “This means pupils have some gaps in their knowledge and do not learn as well as they should.”
- “It is not, at this stage, being consistently used as well as it should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 2024 (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) | 16% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36 | 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: 218 first-preference applications, 237 offers in total, 218 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 Essex.
- The Cornelius Vermuyden School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The King John School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Deanes 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Appleton School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The FitzWimarc School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Basildon Upper Academy 5.1 mi Good
- The Sweyne Park School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Basildon Lower Academy 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published