Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.
Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 164 pupils.
Ofsted Report Card
Inspected 3 Feb 2026 · published 19 Apr 2026
Met
Evaluation areas
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Early yearsNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Previous Ofsted Rating
Subject Areas (previous framework)
Leadership &management
Requires improvement
Quality ofeducation
Requires improvement
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Good
Early yearsprovision
Good
Academic Performance
Well below average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 59%
- Higher standard
- 3%
- Reading score
- 105
- Maths score
- 104
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
45%Boys
55%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Average
- Total pupils
- 164
- IDACI quintile
- 3 (Average)
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2023 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Good | Good | Requires improvement |
| 29 Feb 2016 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Good |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood
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St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling
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Shakespeare Primary School
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St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy
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