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Castle EAST School
Hillside Road East, Bungay, NR35 1JS
Key facts
- Phase
- Not recorded
- Type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 9 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 130 of 120 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.8
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOLS TRUST LTD
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 26.0
- Pupils per adult
- 3.0
- Pupils
- 78
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
0%
9.0
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 96 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 17% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 9 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.33 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 14% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 17% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 98.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 19.1 |
| 24/25 | 9.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 94.0 |
| 24/25 | 96.0 |
Hillside Road East, Bungay, NR35 1JS
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Suffolk admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Nicky Coman
- Address
- Hillside Road East, Bungay, NR35 1JS
- Telephone
- 01986808651