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Crawford Village Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Crawford Road, Crawford Village, Up Holland, Skelmersdale WN8 9QP · crawfordvillageprimary.uk · 01695 622333
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 92%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lancashire 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 79
- 9 over 70 places · 113%
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.2%
- First language not English
- 2.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 13 families put the school first and 10 places were offered; 77% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 10 | 13 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 11 | 13 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 15 | 1.3▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 10 | 12 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 25% the higher standard. Across Lancashire it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲92% | 62% | ||
| ▲25% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Crawford Village Primary School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 45
- 56% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied