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SEND provision: This school has an SEN unit
Inspected Jul 2023 · View report
Under-subscribed
Demand
2026-27 · Reception
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September 2026 entry: places were left, and everyone who put it first was offered one.
Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2026-27, so there was no cut-off distance.
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Source · Ofsted · Inspected Jul 2023
Total spending per pupil (council school return)
Source · DfE financial benchmarking, 2025-26
Type
Community
Phase
Primary
Age Range
3 - 7
Gender
Co-educational
Governance
Community school
Nursery Classes
Yes
Pupils per year group
~11*
Headteacher
Mrs Marina Shah
* Pupils on roll divided by the year groups in the school's age range. This is not a class size.
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Distance did not decide places here
Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2026-27 (Reception), so there was no cut-off distance. It can change next year.
Last distance offered at Carlton Vale Infant School, year by year →
Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2027-28 (Reception):
If two applications tie: Where pupils meet the same criteria, places go in order of home-to-school distance (straight-line, from address point to address point), and those living nearer get higher priority. If only one place remains and two or more children with the same priority live equidistant, a computerised random allocation decides.
Local-authority coordinated default oversubscription criteria for Brent Council's community and voluntary-controlled schools (the council is the admission authority). Applies to the 29 named Brent community primary/infant/junior schools for September 2027 entry (Reception and Year 3). EHCP-named children receive priority for admission to the named school ahead of the numbered oversubscription criteria.
Published by the admission authority. A criterion sets the order places are offered in and never guarantees a place.
Ofsted judged Carlton Vale Infant School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in July 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.
Carlton Vale Infant School has 44 pupils on roll.
Carlton Vale Infant School admits pupils aged 3 to 7.
Carlton Vale Infant School is located in London, NW6 5RG, Brent.
Carlton Vale Infant School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
Distance did not decide places at Carlton Vale Infant School for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
When Carlton Vale Infant School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children — A looked after or previously looked after child, including children who appear to have been in state care outside England and who left state care because they were adopted; 2. Linked infant school — Children attending an infant school on the same site as a junior school. This criterion is used only for Year 3 applications to Mount Stewart Junior School (from children attending Mount Stewart Infant School) and to Roe Green Junior School (from children attending Roe Green Infant School); 3. Medical or Social needs — Exceptional circumstances of significant medical and/or social need that make it necessary for the child to be placed at one particular school, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where pupils meet the same criteria, places go in order of home-to-school distance (straight-line, from address point to address point), and those living nearer get higher priority. If only one place remains and two or more children with the same priority live equidistant, a computerised random allocation decides.
According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 50% of pupils at Carlton Vale Infant School are recorded as Black African. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.
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