Academy converter · Lancashire

Moorside Community Primary Academy School

2–11Ages
256Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139495URN

Back Lane, Holland Moor, Skelmersdale, WN8 9EA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.1per place

0.5 above Lancashire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

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84 applications for 27 places · 79th of 366 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

59%met the expected standard

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

The graded inspection, 3 March 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

19 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
3 March 2020
Graded inspection: 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

3.1applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Lancashire median (2.6) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

84 applications · 27 places offered · 37 named it first

2026 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2019 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
2018 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
2017 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
2016 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
2015 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
2014 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.4

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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	27	84	3.1	37	1.37
Sep 2025	21	56	2.7	21	1.00
Sep 2024	28	64	2.3	31	1.11
Sep 2023	28	81	2.9	38	1.36
Sep 2022	22	62	2.8	22	1.00
Sep 2021	27	87	3.2	33	1.22
Sep 2020	28	76	2.7	35	1.25
Sep 2019	28	87	3.1	35	1.25
Sep 2018	28	82	2.9	32	1.14
Sep 2017	29	69	2.4	31	1.07
Sep 2016	28	78	2.8	37	1.32
Sep 2015	28	59	2.1	30	1.07
Sep 2014	29	60	2.1	28	0.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 72% · Maths 79% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%262nd of 444 in Lancashire

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard66%

Lancashire 77% England 78%

Higher standard17%

Lancashire 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard72%

Lancashire 74% England 75%

Greater depth14%

Lancashire 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Lancashire 76% England 77%

Higher standard10%

Lancashire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

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Lancashire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	59%	7%	104	103
2023/24	57%	13%	103	105
2022/23	60%	7%	103	104

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

Moorside Community Primary Academy SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

3.1applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Holland Moor Primary School
0.3 km · Lancashire

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School
0.6 km · Lancashire

Not yet inspected

2.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
0.7 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.1applications per place 7%met the SATs standard
Hillside Community Primary School
1.0 km · Lancashire

Good2024

1.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Little Digmoor Primary School
1.3 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.6applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
Delph Side Community Primary School
1.4 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
1.6 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2022

3.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139495 · 888/2551
Trust: Moorside Community Primary Academy School
Capacity: 196 pupils · 256 on roll
Free school meals: 51.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2013
Replaced: Moorside Community Primary School (URN 119303)
Address: Back Lane, Holland Moor, Skelmersdale, WN8 9EA
Local authority: Lancashire · West Lancashire

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