Primary
Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall
Pilling Lane, Preesall, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 0HH
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 164 of 210 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
April 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
December 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
46%
103.0
10th of 10 by our score, among the primary schools in Poulton-le-Fylde we can score - 11 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 | 101 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 46% |
| 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 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 59% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Pilling Lane, Preesall, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 0HH
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
- Brendan Hassett
- Address
- Pilling Lane, Preesall, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 0HH
- Telephone
- 01253810236
Other primary schools nearby
- Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary School6.3/10
- Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School5.3/10
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, FleetwoodNot enough data
- Stalmine Primary School5.8/10
- Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School4.1/10
- St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling4.1/10