Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry381 applications · 160 places offered · 228 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.8
- 2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2018 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2017 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2016 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2015 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2014 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- This school
- Lancashire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 160 | 381 | 2.4 | 228 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2025 | 159 | 373 | 2.4 | 186 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 160 | 431 | 2.7 | 255 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2023 | 174 | 360 | 2.1 | 159 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 131 | 297 | 2.3 | 120 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 123 | 313 | 2.5 | 91 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 254 | 2.1 | 105 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 121 | 215 | 1.8 | 65 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2018 | 95 | 197 | 2.1 | 49 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2017 | 101 | 190 | 1.9 | 74 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 126 | 238 | 1.9 | 67 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2015 | 77 | 227 | 3.0 | 65 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 242 | 2.7 | 67 | 0.74 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 140 | 41.6 | 40% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 140 | 41.5 | 31% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 121 | 37.6 | 31% | 50% | −0.42 |
| 2022/23 | 85 | 37.0 | 28% | 52% | −0.62 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.4applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade202535.5Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · LancashireGood20222.7applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · St. Helens20262.4applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.5applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · WiganGood20242.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 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
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 119774 · 888/4411
- Trust
- The Lathom Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 869 pupils · 806 on roll
- Free school meals
- 44.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JN
- Local authority
- Lancashire · West Lancashire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources