Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Ormskirk, Lancashire·L40 4AE
Composite score
29.2
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#13,479
National rank
#2062
In North West
#399
In Lancashire
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
45%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.30
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420221.0020231.0020240.6220250.922026

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

Every child who put Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
147
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,169
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Ormskirk, Lancashire, Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 147 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 45% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 16.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 15.6 pupils per teacher. Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England 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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