The Carlton Infant Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.028 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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The Carlton Infant Academy is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

The Carlton Infant Academy 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	1.028 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

The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.028 miles, the 61st shortest of the 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
Distances have swung sharply between some years; the 2026 Reception figure was further than in 2025 but nearer the school than in 2020.
Reception 2026 saw 42 first-choice applications for 42 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 60 places.
Here 34.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire.

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: Garden Avenue, Foxhill Road, Carlton, Nottingham, NG4 1QS
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–7
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 182 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 34.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.3

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026

Strengths

“Pupils skip into school at The Carlton Infant Academy.”
“Pupils are valued, respected and known well by staff and leaders.”
“This leads to a high sense of belonging, where pupils are happy and attend well.”

To improve

“However, a minority of pupils still have gaps in their knowledge when it comes to writing.”
“That said, sometimes teachers do not use checks as well as they could to ensure that pupils improve their spelling or their letter formation when writing.”
“Leaders recognise the need to continue this work to ensure that all staff engage in high-quality interactions with children to develop their communication skills and vocabulary.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 42 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.

The Carlton Junior Academy 0.0 mi Not judged
The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Parkdale Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Haddon Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Priory Junior School 0.7 mi Good
Phoenix Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Standhill Infants' School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
All Hallows CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published