Burscough Village Primary School

Community school·Primary school Ormskirk, Lancashire·L40 4LB
Composite score
65.6
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#2,508
National rank
#300
In North West
#65
In Lancashire
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
78
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9620231.0020241.0720250.872026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Burscough Village Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
214
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,787
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Burscough Village Primary School at a glance

Located in Ormskirk, Lancashire, Burscough Village Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 214 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Burscough Village Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 26 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Burscough Village Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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