Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 February 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 3 July 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 9 February 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry10 applications · 6 places offered · 6 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 10 | 1.7 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 27 | 1.8 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 12 | 20 | 1.7 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 13 | 24 | 1.9 | 10 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2019 | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 15 | 21 | 1.4 | 12 | 0.80 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 76% · Writing 65% · Maths 59% → all three 53% 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 | 53% | 0% | 104 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 14% | 0% | 101 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 50% | 8% | 104 | 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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, ScarisbrickThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · LancashireRemains Good20234.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · SeftonRemains Good20231.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · LancashireSome aspects not as strong20243.1applications per place 18%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · LancashireRemains Good20234.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · SeftonGood20231.6applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · Lancashire20264.3applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 29%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 aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119683 · 888/3803
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 56 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Hall Road, Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, L40 9QE
- Local authority
- Lancashire · West Lancashire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources