Holme Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holme Primary School is a primary school in Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Holme Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 ranked highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness that have results.
- In 2024/25, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westmorland and Furness schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- North Road, Holme, North Road, Carnforth, LA6 1QA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 122 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, and their parents and carers, are proud to be part of this welcoming school community.”
- “Staff offer strong support, which pupils value.”
- “This helps pupils to feel happy and listened to by staff.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, in a few subjects, teachers do not choose activities that best support pupils to learn the knowledge in the curriculum.”
- “This hinders some pupils from learning as deeply as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 89% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- Burton Morewood CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Beetham CofE Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milnthorpe Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Storth CofE School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's CofE School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arnside National CofE School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Crosscrake CofE Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Levens CofE School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published