Arkholme Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D41
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Carnforth, LA6 1AU
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School
Lodge Lane, Melling, Carnforth, LA6 2RE
Local ranking416th of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
56
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 6 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 50.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 17.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 6
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 23
- Boys
- 17 (77%)
- Girls
- 5 (23%)
- Capacity
- 56 (39% full)
- SEND
- 13.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 8.7%
- EAL
- 8.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 8.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 8.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £17,754/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 86.4%
- White Other: 9.1%
- White Traveller: 4.5%
86.4%
White British
9.1%
White Other
4.5%
White Traveller
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lodge Lane
Carnforth, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119536
- UKPRN
- 10080231
- Establishment No.
- 3535
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