# Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School

Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School is a primary school in Wyre, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 203 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E119276. [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 203
- Council: Wyre
- URN: 119276

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 48% of pupils at Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
19% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/poulton-le-fylde-st-chads-cofe-primary-school-e119556): 480 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Baines School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/baines-school-e119813): 770 m. Secondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 47.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Hodgson Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hodgson-academy-e136717): 770 m. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 49.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [McKee College House](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mckee-college-house-e150603): 980 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Standards maintained, July 2025
- [St John's Catholic Primary School, Poulton-Le-Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-catholic-primary-school-poulton-le-fylde-e152365): 1.3 km. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed
- [Brookfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookfield-school-e119895): 1.4 km. Special. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/119276)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119276)

## How to cite

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