Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Retford, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.733 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Retford, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Carr Hill Primary and Nursery 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	1.733 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 21% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.733 miles away, the 109th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
The Reception 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 but nearer than in 2020, and it has swung sharply, most of all between 2022 and 2023.
Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers: 1.0 per offer, the 37th highest of 248 Nottinghamshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Tiln Lane, Carr Hill Primary School, Retford, DN22 6SW
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 308 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 38.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 26 April 2022

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to attend this school.”
“They say that ‘staff go above and beyond to help you learn and to be happy’.”
“Staff expect all pupils to do well.”

To improve

“However, in a small number of subjects, the curriculum does not make clear the most important content that pupils are expected to know and remember.”
“However, the reading curriculum beyond phonics is not fully sequenced.”
“It does not make clear what pupils should know and be able to do at each point during the school year.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2022 (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)	21%	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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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 Nottinghamshire.

St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bracken Lane Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Thrumpton Primary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Ordsall Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Clarborough Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published