Admiral Lord Nelson School
Academy converter · 1,245 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.4
Academy converter
Castle View Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 757of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 58.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 117
- Ofsted
- Report card, 2 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: King Richard School (URN 116462, until 1 February 2018).
What the data says
Castle View Academy has no sixth form. Of the 96 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.6 against 46.1 across England and 39.5 in Portsmouth, with 29% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Portsmouth and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Castle View Academy | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 96 | 2,031 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 82% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 72% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Castle View Academy | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.6 | 39.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 35% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 56% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 28% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.11 | 3.50 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 39% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.0 | 29.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.2 | 45.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 19% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 116 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 60% |
| Mathematics | 116 | 99% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 55% |
| English Literature | 115 | 98% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 57% |
| Combined Science | 106 | 91% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 37% |
| Geography | 69 | 59% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 35% |
| History | 45 | 38% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 62% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 34 | 29% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 32% |
| Spanish | 33 | 28% | 19% | 15% | 27% | 39% |
| Design and Technology | 25 | 21% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 24% |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 12% | 31% | 21% | 32% | 64% |
| Chemistry | 9 | 8% | 23% | 0% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 9 | 8% | 23% | 22% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 9 | 8% | 23% | 0% | 46% | 100% |
| Media Studies | 7 | 6% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia | 44 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 25 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 15 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 13 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.