Holme Primary School

Community school·Primary school Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness·LA6 1QA
Composite score
70.7
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#1,678
National rank
#198
In North West
#11
In Westmorland and Furness
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
89%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
23
any preference, for 14 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Holme Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
135
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,468
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Holme Primary School at a glance

Located in Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness, Holme Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 135 pupils aged 3 to 11. 89% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 24.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Holme Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 14 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 22.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Holme Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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