Castle Manor Academy

Ofsted

–Standards maintained (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 18 December 2024, published 26 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place — 1.1 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• ▲Samuel Ward Academy 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
• ▲Linton Village College 10.8 km · Good (2024) · previous system
• ▲Stour Valley Community School 11.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• ●Saffron Walden County High School 15.5 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
• ▲Hedingham School and Sixth Form 15.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
• ▲Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport 18.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.