Carr Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Carr Infant School is a primary school in York for ages 3–7 (community school). York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Carr Infant 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 2026 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Its latest Ofsted inspection, on 27 January 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Good, on 1 March 2017.
- The school has a published admission number of 60 Reception places for 2027.
- There are 22.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other York schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ostman Road, Acomb, York, YO26 5QA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- York
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “More recently, leaders have established higher expectations for pupils’ behaviour.”
- “Pupils follow the behaviour rules in place during social times.”
- “They enjoy being rewarded for making positive choices.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not receive a high-quality education at this school.”
- “The curriculum is not designed or taught well enough to meet their needs.”
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, have gaps in their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in York.
- Carr Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Poppleton Road Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Acomb Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westfield Primary Community School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published