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Castleton CofE Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Voluntary controlledChurch of England

Castleton, S33 8WE · Derbyshire local authority

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Getting in
1/1
first choices offered a place, 2024 (England: 93%)
How full
21 pupils
48% of its 44 places
Free school meals
14%
14 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Castleton CofE Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 21 pupils for 44 places
  • 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2024 (1 of 1)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (S33 8) sold for a median £468,000; Castleton’s is £470,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Castleton CofE Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2024.

1
families put it first for September 2024
1
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Derbyshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Derbyshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2024

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Castleton CofE Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

16 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
25%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 63%Boys 38%
Its letter

No letter for Castleton CofE Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, May 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), January 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Castleton CofE Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in S33 8, the school’s postcode sector

Castleton property prices →
£468,000
median sale, 15 sales in 36 months · Castleton £470,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025S33 8
S33 8Castleton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£549K
Terraced
£315K
S33 8Castleton

Homes in S33 8 sell for about the same as Castleton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCB+Castleton CofE Primary Scho…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Castleton, S33 8WE

Castleton CofE Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Castleton CofE Primary School?

For September 2024, 1 families put Castleton CofE Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 1 places were offered in all.

What is Castleton CofE Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near Castleton CofE Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, S33 8, sold for a median £468,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (15 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Castleton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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