Castle Lower School is a Foundation School located in Bedford, Bedfordshire, teaching Primary students aged between 3 and 9 years of age.
The school operates under the Bedford local authority.
Castle Lower School was inspected by Ofsted on 13 March 2008.
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School Information
| School name | Castle Lower School |
| Acting Headteacher | Mr Mick Marsh |
| Number of pupils | 423 |
| Type of school | Foundation School |
| Phase of education | Primary |
| Ages | 3 - 9 |
| Local authority | Bedford |
| Parliamentary constituency | Bedford |
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| Postcode | MK40 3EP |
| Location | Putnoe |
| Town | Castle |
| County | Bedfordshire |
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Bedford |
| Ward Name | Castle |
| Area Type | Unitary Authority |
| Coordinates | 52.140061,-0.452452 |
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Overview
Data: OS © Crown copyright and database right 2021, data extracts from Census 2011.
OUTSTANDING
GOOD
REQUIRES IMPROVEMENT
INADEQUATE
Primary Schools | Ofsted Rating | Distance |
| Castle Newnham School, Bedford | 0 mi | |
| St John Rigby Catholic Primary School, Bedford | 0.4 mi | |
| Hazeldene Lower School, Bedford | 0.7 mi | |
| The Hills Academy, Bedford | 0.7 mi | |
| Priory Lower School, Bedford | 0.9 mi | |
| Livingstone Primary School, Bedford | 1 mi | |
| Goldington Green Academy, Bedford | 1 mi | |
| Brickhill Lower School, Bedford | 1.1 mi | |
| King's Oak Primary School, Bedford | 1.2 mi | |
| Edith Cavell Lower School, Bedford | 1.2 mi | |
Secondary Schools | Ofsted Rating | Distance |
| Newnham Middle School, Bedford | 0.4 mi | |
| Goldington Academy, Bedford | 0.5 mi | |
| Bedford Free School, Bedford | 0.8 mi | |
| Beauchamp Middle School, Bedford | 1.4 mi | |
| Bedford Academy, Bedford | 1.5 mi | |
| Mark Rutherford School, Bedford | 1.5 mi | |
| St Thomas More Catholic School, Bedford | 1.6 mi | |
| St Gregory's Catholic Middle School, North East Bedfordshire | 1.8 mi | |
| Biddenham Upper School and Sports College, North East Bedfordshire | 1.9 mi | |
| Daubeney Academy, Bedford | 2.3 mi | |
OFSTED Ratings Explained
Outstanding: The school provides the highest quality education and care for children, and will not be inspected again unless concerns are raised.
Good: The school provides for all their pupils' educational needs, and prepare them well for the next stage of their lives.
Requires Improvement: The school provides an acceptable quality of education and care for children, but will have areas where they could improve.
Inadequate: The school is failing to provide an acceptable quality of education and care for children, and will need to make significant improvements immediately.
Data: Ofsted © 2021, last updated Jan 2020.
2020 | £288,549 |
2019 | £287,509 |
2018 | £283,230 |
2017 | £270,529 |
2016 | £243,795 |
2015 | £217,724 |
2014 | £199,409 |
Detached | £435,600 |
Semi-Detached | £291,424 |
Terraced | £238,506 |
Flats | £179,995 |
Detached | 7% |
Semi-Detached | 23% |
Terraced | 38% |
Flats | 16% |
Bedsits | 13% |
Data: ONS licensed under the Open Government Licence v30, Last updated Jun 2020. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Social Grade | MK40 3EP | UK |
AB | 39% | 27% |
C1 | 33% | 28% |
C2 | 15% | 20% |
DE | 13% | 25% |
Occupation | MK40 3EP | UK |
Managerial/Directors | 10% | 11% |
Professionals | 32% | 20% |
Associate Professionals | 15% | 14% |
Admin/Secretarial | 9% | 10% |
Skilled Trades | 8% | 11% |
Caring, Leisure & Service | 7% | 9% |
Sales & Customer Service | 6% | 8% |
Plant & Machine Operatives | 5% | 6% |
Elementary Occupations | 8% | 11% |
Ethnicity | MK40 3EP | UK |
White | 92% | 86% |
Mixed | 3% | 2.2% |
Asian | 2% | 7.5% |
Black | 3% | 3.4% |
Arabic/Other | 0% | 0.6% |
Marital Status | MK40 3EP | UK |
Single | 40% | 35% |
Married | 39% | 47% |
Civil Partnership | 0% | 0.2% |
Divorced | 11% | 9% |
Data: ONS © Crown copyright and database right 2021, data extracts from Census 2011.
Crimes (Last 12 Months) | MK40 3EP | UK |
Anti-social behaviour | 20 | 36 |
Burglaries | 20 | 11 |
Robberies | 3 | 2 |
Theft | 16 | 19 |
Vehicle Crimes | 35 | 12 |
Possession of Weapons | 0 | 12 |
Violent Crimes | 22 | 51 |
Drug Offences | 1 | 5 |
Criminal Damage & Arson | 10 | 15 |
| Police Force | Bedfordshire Police |
| Type | Territorial police force |
| Formed | 1966 |
| Officers | 1,027 |
| Budget | £91.2 |
| Area Size | 1,024 hectares |
| Jurisdiction | England and Wales |
Data: ONS © Police.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last updated Jan 2020.
The Bedford constituency is located in Bedfordshire, and has a total population of 101,554, of which 71,581 (70.5%) are eligible to vote. Election turnout for the Bedford constituency in 2019 was 66%, lower than the average UK turnout at 67.3%.
| Constituency | Bedford |
| Member of Parliament | MP |
| Constituency Type | Borough |
| Result | Lab hold |
| Declaration Date/Time | 12/13/2019 3:49:00 AM |
| GE2019 Result | Lab hold |
| First Party | Lab |
| Second Party | Con |
| Electorate | 71581 |
| Valid Votes | 47301 |
| Winning Majority | 145 |
| EU Leave % | 52% |
Bedford Borough Council
Borough Hall
Cauldwell Street
Bedford.
MK42 9AP
PHONE: 01234 267422
centralp@bedford.gov.uk
Bedford Council (Unitary) assist with matters such as council tax, housing, private problems such as neighbour disputes, landlord problems or issues such as refuse collections or street repairs. Many council websites allow you to use online services 24 hours a day.
Data: ZoomLocal. Last updated Jan 2020.
Ofsted Report
How good is this school?
Outstanding - Castle Lower School is an outstanding school, highly effective in delivering outcomes that provide exceptionally well for pupils' needs. This school ensures that their pupils are very well equipped for the next stage of their education, training or employment.
Behaviour and safety of pupils:
Outstanding - Castle Lower School is an outstanding school, highly effective in delivering outcomes that provide exceptionally well for pupils' needs. This school ensures that their pupils are very well equipped for the next stage of their education, training or employment.
Overall leadership and management grade:
Outstanding - Castle Lower School is an outstanding school, highly effective in delivering outcomes that provide exceptionally well for pupils' needs. This school ensures that their pupils are very well equipped for the next stage of their education, training or employment.
Overall quality of the teaching provided:
Outstanding - Castle Lower School is an outstanding school, highly effective in delivering outcomes that provide exceptionally well for pupils' needs. This school ensures that their pupils are very well equipped for the next stage of their education, training or employment.
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| Castle Lower School | Ofsted Report |
| Inspection Start Date | 13 March 2008 |
| Inspection End Date | 14 March 2008 |
| Inspection Type | S5 Inspection |
| Overall | 1 - Outstanding |
| Achievement | 9 |
| Behaviour & Safety | 1 - Outstanding |
| Quality of Teaching | 1 - Outstanding |
| Leadership & Management | 1 - Outstanding |
| Category of Concern | |
| Warning Notice | 0 |
Full Ofsted Report
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About Ofsted Reports
Ofsted carry out full regulatory inspections of schools and educational institutions throughout England. Reporting to the UK government, Ofsted are both impartial and independent, and inspect institutions that care for young people and children, as well as organisations that provide education or skills for people of all ages.
Ofsted inspects education providers, children's services and organisations that provide education or skills. One or more Ofsted inspectors visit a provider to inspect the quality of teaching, the levels of achievement that pupils achieve, the behaviour of those who are in attendance, and the effectiveness of teaching that schools provide to their pupils.
A typical Ofsted report will contain information about how well their inspectors think that a school is performing, as well as ways that it can improve certain areas. It also includes data on how well students are performing, both in their general education and their well-being. In addition, Ofsted inspectors will include feedback from parents and carers about their views and opinions of the school.
In order to produce a useful tool for improvement, inspectors will give a school an overall grade for how good they think a school is:
- Grade 1 - Outstanding
- Grade 2 - Good
- Grade 3 - Requires improvement
- Grade 4 - Inadequate
Should a school be judged as 'requires improvement' or 'inadequate', then the Ofsted report will explain why the grade was given, as well as ways how the school can improve their grade.
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Department for Education performance tables
Full school performance tables for Castle Lower School, including year-on-year comparisons, KS4 exam results, pupil progress, exam entries, vocational and academic progress for attending pupils at this school/establishment.
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Edubase School Data
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Ofsted Parent View
How happy are children and pupils at Castle Lower School? How safe do parents think this school is? Does this school deal with bullying effectively? 'Parent View' gives you the opinions of parents of children at this school.
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