Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall
Voluntary controlled school in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Voluntary controlled school |
| Age range | 4 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Religious character | None |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 164 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 210 |
| Free school meals | 28.00% |
| Local authority | Lancashire |
| Address | Pilling Lane, Preesall, 253 Pilling Lane, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 0HH |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.carters.lancs.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 01253810236 |
| URN | 119392 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 3 February 2026, published 19 April 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 18 April 2023, published 14 June 2023:
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Latest ungraded inspection: 8 December 2021, outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 2.0 km)
- Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (primary school, about 3.1 km)
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood (primary school, about 4.0 km)
- Stalmine Primary School (primary school, about 4.0 km)
- Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School (primary school, about 4.3 km)
- St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling (primary school, about 4.3 km)
- Shakespeare Primary School (primary school, about 5.1 km)
- St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy (primary school, about 5.4 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.