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NCEA Castle School

Academy school in Ashington NE63 9FZ

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  • School Reference Number: 145957
  • Address: Academy Road, Ashington NE63 9FZ
  • Headteacher: Mr Patrick Ford-Hutchinson
  • Telephone: 01670 844322
  • Website: castle.ncea.org.uk
  • Managing Organisation: Diocese of Newcastle
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy special converter
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 150
  • Local Education Authority: Northumberland
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 2 to 19
  • Active From: July 2018*

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 08/11/2022

Rating published on 19/01/2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Early years provision: Good

Sixth form provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
8 November 2022 20 January 2023 School inspection Good

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Unique Reference Number145957
Local Authority Code929
Local Authority NameNorthumberland
Establishment Number5950
School / College NameNCEA Castle School
Establishment Type Code44
Establishment typeAcademy special converter
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code99
Reason establishment opened
Open date01-07-2018
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low2
Age range High19
Boarders Code9
Boarders
Nursery provisionHas Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code9
Admissons policy
School capacity150
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils138
Number of Boys101
Number of Girls37
Percentage Free School Meals50.80
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code17043
Academy trust or TrustNORTHUMBERLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorDiocese of Newcastle
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10068094
FEHE Identifier
Further education type
Last Changed Date25-11-2024
StreetAcademy Road
Locality
Address3
TownAshington
County (name)Northumberland
PostcodeNE63 9FZ
Websitewww.castle.ncea.org.uk
Telephone01670844322
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first namePatrick
Headteacher/Principal last nameFord-Hutchinson
Headteacher/Principal Job Title
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionResourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll157
Resourced provision capacity150
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeA
Government Office RegionNorth East
District CodeE06000057
DistrictNorthumberland
Ward CodeE05009149
WardSeaton with Newbiggin West
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001107
Parliamentary ConstituencyBlyth and Ashington
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE06000057
Easting429080
Northing587035
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Northumberland 013
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Northumberland 013E
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
CountryUnited Kingdom
UPRN10014491108
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005736
LSOA CodeE01027549
Free School Meals64
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN145957
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/145957
LAESTAB9295950
School nameNCEA Castle School
Ofsted phaseSpecial
Type of educationAcademy Special Converter
School open date01/07/2018
Admissions policyUnknown
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionNorth East, Yorkshire and the Humber
RegionNorth East
Local authorityNorthumberland
Parliamentary constituencyBlyth and Ashington
Multi-academy trust UID17043
Multi-academy trust nameNORTHUMBERLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
Academy sponsor UID2916
Academy sponsor nameDiocese of Newcastle
PostcodeNE63 9FZ
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile5
Total number of pupils138
Statutory lowest age2
Statutory highest age19
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10241406
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date08/11/2022
Publication date19/01/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection145957
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection9295950
School name at time of latest graded inspectionNCEA Castle School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Special Converter
Current school type used for chart C6Academy converter
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionGood
Previous inspection numberN/A
Previous inspection start dateN/A
Previous publication dateN/A
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School name at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School type at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
Previous graded inspection overall effectivenessN/A
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementN/A
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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