Carnforth School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Worcester, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.429 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Carnforth School is a primary school in Worcester, Worcestershire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Carnforth 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 | 1.429 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.429 miles away, the 18th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.17 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a place in 5 of the 7 Reception years with a published outcome, and the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2022.
- Of its pupils, 49.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Carnforth Drive, Worcester, WR4 9HG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 178 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a warm welcome from staff each day at the school and feel part of the community.”
- “Pupils share an understanding of the importance of learning.”
- “They generally listen well in lessons.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise there is more to do to continue to ensure that attendance rates are in line with the national average.”
- “However, at times, teachers do not identify pupils’ errors in learning as swiftly as they could and so opportunities for learning are missed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 75% | 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 Worcestershire.
- Oasis Academy Warndon 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cranham Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hollymount School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Lyppard Grange Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Perdiswell 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published