St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

About St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale is a primary school in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 228 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale 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 further down the page.