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Holmeswood Methodist School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 55Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • MethodistReligious character
  • 119403URN

Chapel Lane, Holmeswood, Nr Rufford, Ormskirk, L40 1UD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.4 below Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

15 applications for 7 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
29%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 14 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 9 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Lancashire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

15 applications · 7 places offered · 8 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 6.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 4.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 5.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 4.5; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20267152.181.14
Sep 20255122.451.00
Sep 20243186.031.00
Sep 20236111.871.17
Sep 20226142.361.00
Sep 20216142.371.17
Sep 20204102.530.75
Sep 20193144.741.33
Sep 2018284.031.50
Sep 20176152.561.00
Sep 20162105.021.00
Sep 20156142.350.83
Sep 2014294.521.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 57% · Writing 29% · Maths 57% → all three 29% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard29%422nd of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard57%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard29%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard57%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2529%0%10297
2023/2456%11%104103
2022/2383%33%111107

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

  • 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
119403 · 888/3147
Religious character
Methodist
Capacity
42 pupils · 55 on roll
Free school meals
3.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Chapel Lane, Holmeswood, Nr Rufford, Ormskirk, L40 1UD
Local authority
Lancashire · West Lancashire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources