Moorside Community Primary Academy School

School overview

Moorside Community Primary Academy School is a primary school serving Skelmersdale, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 255 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Moorside Community Primary Academy School 'Good'. 59% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Moorside Community Primary Academy School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 37 first choices for 27 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.