Ormskirk School

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Ormskirk, Lancashire·L39 2AT
Composite score
53.0
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#2,166
National rank
#271
In North West
#51
In Lancashire
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
40%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
61%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.63

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
211 first choices, 248 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
574
any preference, for 248 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.7720230.7420240.7820250.852026

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

Every child who put Ormskirk 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,212
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
37.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,022
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
90%
229 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Ormskirk School at a glance

Located in Ormskirk, Lancashire, Ormskirk School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 1,212 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 42.4, below the national average of 46. That is down 3.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

40% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 61% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Ormskirk School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 211 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.9%. There are about 17.1 pupils per teacher. Ormskirk 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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