Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth
Primary · Carnforth · LA5 9LS
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 14 June 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
81 pupils · 72% of 112 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 26.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 22.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 32.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.olol.lancs.sch.uk/
- URN
- 151085
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place10 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
13 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby schools
- Carnforth High School
- Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Carnforth Community Primary School
- Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School
- Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School
- Nether Kellet Community Primary School
- Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School
- St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School