Carr Infant School
Ostman Road, Acomb, York, YO26 5QA
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Oxley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- York Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 200
- URN
- 121273
- Local authority
- York
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01904565140
About this school
Carr Infant School is a community primary school in York. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 200 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Urgent improvement
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Trends over time
How Carr Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 219 |
| 2023/24 | 211 |
| 2024/25 | 211 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Carr Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.5% | 27.3% | 200 | — |
| Carr Junior School | 64% | 5.4% | 26.2% | 232 | 0.1 miles |
| Poppleton Road Primary School | 64% | 5.7% | 24.6% | 404 | 0.6 miles |
| Acomb Primary School | 55% | 3.5% | 14.4% | 312 | 0.9 miles |
| Hob Moor Community Primary Academy | 48% | 7.5% | 47.3% | 243 | 1.0 miles |
| Westfield Primary Community School | 41% | 7.2% | 34.3% | 498 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.33%
- English as an additional language
- 15.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.48%
- Persistent absence
- 17.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Carr Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · York
-
Poppleton Road Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · York
-
Acomb Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · York
-
Hob Moor Community Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · York
-
Westfield Primary Community School1.0 miles
Primary · York
Other schools in York
- Acomb Primary School Primary
- Appleton Roebuck Primary School Primary
- Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe Primary
- Badger Hill Primary Academy Primary
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School Primary
- Barmby Moor Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Wilton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Bishopthorpe Infant School Primary
- Boroughbridge Primary School Primary
- Bugthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Burton Green Primary School Primary
- Carr Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Carr Infant School teach?
- Carr Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in York.
- Who is the headteacher of Carr Infant School?
- The headteacher of Carr Infant School is Mr Matthew Oxley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Carr Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Carr Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Carr Infant School?
- Carr Infant School has 200 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Carr Infant School a faith school?
- No. Carr Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Carr Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Carr Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Carr Infant School's absence rate?
- Carr Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Carr Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Carr Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2026.