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Ormskirk School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Wigan Road, Ormskirk L39 2AT · ormskirk.lancs.sch.uk · 01695 583040

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.4
average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,169
74% of 1,590 places
Local authority
Lancashire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
22.2%
First language not English
6.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Endeavour Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 211 families put the school first and 248 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 208 (Places 235)208September 2023: 182 (Places 236)182September 2024: 149 (Places 202)149September 2025: 161 (Places 207)161September 2026: 211 (Places 248)211Places 248
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262482110.9100%
September 2025Sept 20252071610.8100%
September 2024Sept 20242021490.7100%
September 2023Sept 20232361820.8100%
September 2022Sept 20222352080.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.4, and 40.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 44.9 (England 46.3)44.92017/18: 49.3 (England 46.5)49.32018/19: 45.0 (England 46.7)45.02022/23: 43.5 (England 46.3)43.52023/24: 45.9 (England 45.9)45.92024/25: 42.4 (England 46.0)42.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.446.0
▼40.1%45.4%
▼60.8%64.8%
▼14.2%40.5%
▼3.634.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 132834)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form32+11.5
Sixth form college9.5−7.5
Further education41.6−8
Other education0.4−0.9
Apprenticeship2.6−0.1
Employment3.5+0.8
Not in a lasting destination7.8+2.9
Activity not captured2.6+1.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 27.1 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 30.7 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 35.4 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 33.0 (England 32.9)C+2022/23: 29.6 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 25.7 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 24.7 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
63 studentsD+ (24.7)Well below average -0.65
63 studentsD+ (24.8)Well below average -0.65
32 studentsMerit+ (28.6)Below average -0.29
19.4%AAB or better
96.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2438C- (25.7)-0.57
2022/2334C (29.6)—
2018/1974C+ (33)0.00
2017/1869B- (35.4)-0.18
2016/1799C (30.7)+0.08
2015/16125C- (27.1)-0.26

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University53.8+4.4
Further and other education5.2+0.6
Further education2.6+1.5
Other education2.6−0.8
Apprenticeship2.6−7.7
Employment28.2+5.2
Not in a lasting destination7.7−0.3
Activity not captured2.6−2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Ormskirk School on 7 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
7 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2019

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 132834), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action

Before September 2019

  • May 2019Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132834)

  • Feb 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132834)

  • Oct 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132834)

What parents said

72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (155 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
72%
Replies
155
13% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼66% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼74% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼74% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼51% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼72% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼57% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼62% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 77% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼42% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 45% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼33% agreeEngland 67%

based on 36 parents (23%) with SEND

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