Primary
Carnforth Community Primary School
North Road, Carnforth, LA5 9LQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 99 of 121 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 9.1
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 93
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 February 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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)SATs results
29%
32 points below the Carnforth average (61% across 14 schools)
104.0
2.2 below the Carnforth average (106.2 across 14 schools)
14th of 14 by our score, among the primary schools in Carnforth we can score - 15 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 102 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 29% |
| Working at a higher standard | 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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 29% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
North Road, Carnforth, LA5 9LQ
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.
Lancashire 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
- Sarah Hudd
- Address
- North Road, Carnforth, LA5 9LQ
- Telephone
- 01524732435
Other primary schools nearby
- Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School6.2/10
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth5.6/10
- Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School5.3/10
- Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School6.5/10
- Nether Kellet Community Primary School7.0/10
- Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School5.9/10