Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 23 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry26 applications · 6 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 4.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 14.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 5.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 5 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2015 | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 11 | 0.92 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 90% · Maths 100% → all three 90% 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 | 90% | 0% | 108 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Burscough Bridge Methodist SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.3applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.8applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · LancashireRemains Good20242.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · LancashireRemains Good20242.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · LancashireGood20232.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · LancashireRemains Good20241.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · LancashireSome aspects not as strong20243.1applications per place 18%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · LancashireStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 67%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
- 119402 · 888/3146
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 41 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Orrell Lane, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 0SG
- Local authority
- Lancashire · West Lancashire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources