Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry39 applications · 15 places offered · 12 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.4
- This school
- Lancashire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 13 | 37 | 2.9 | 16 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2017 | 16 | 48 | 3.0 | 20 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2016 | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 10 | 0.83 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 50% · Maths 100% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lancashire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 50% | 17% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 0% | 109 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 50% | 14% | 103 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LancashireStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · LancashireSpecial measures 20262.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · LancashireStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · LancashireGood20232.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · LancashireSome aspects not as strong20243.1applications per place 18%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · LancashireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119377 · 888/3080
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 105 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- 16 School Lane, Westhead, Ormskirk, L40 6HL
- Local authority
- Lancashire · West Lancashire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources