Schools in West Lancashire[1]

Local authority district E07000127 · 72 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 73 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 12 (16%)[4]
second 20%: 11 (15%)[4]
middle 20%: 10 (14%)[4]
fourth 20%: 23 (32%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 17 (23%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

Secondary schools (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Burscough Priory Academy	11–16[2]	A8 43 2025/26[5]
Lathom High School : A Technology College	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5]
Maharishi Free School	4–16[2]	A8 36 2025/26[5] KS2 50% 2024/25[6]
Ormskirk School	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5] AL D+ 2024/25[7]
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[5]
St Bede's Catholic High School	11–16[2]	A8 54 2025/26[5]
Tarleton Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5]
Up Holland High School	11–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[5]

Primary schools (55)

School	Ages	Headline results
Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[6]
Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[6]
Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[6]
Aughton Town Green Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[6]
Banks Methodist School	2–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[6]
Banks St Stephen's CofE School	2–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[6]
Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[6]
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[6]
Brookfield Park Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[6]
Burscough Bridge Methodist School	5–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[6]
Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[6]
Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[6]
Burscough Village Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[6]
Cobbs Brow School	2–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[6]
Crawford Village Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 92% 2024/25[6]
Crow Orchard Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 92% 2024/25[6]
Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
Delph Side Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[6]
Downholland-Haskayne Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]
Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[6]
Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School	3–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[6]
Hillside Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[6]
Holland Moor Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[6]
Holmeswood Methodist School	3–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[6]
Little Digmoor Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 32% 2024/25[6]
Moorside Community Primary Academy School	2–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[6]
Newburgh Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 92% 2024/25[6]
Ormskirk Asmall Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[6]
Ormskirk Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[6]
Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[6]
Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[6]
Ormskirk West End School	5–11[2]	KS2 18% 2024/25[6]
Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold	4–11[2]	KS2 100% 2024/25[6]
Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[6]
Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[6]
Rufford CofE School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[6]
Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[6]
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[6]
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 7% 2024/25[6]
St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale	2–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[6]
St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[6]
St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale	2–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[6]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[6]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[6]
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale	3–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[6]
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[6]
St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[6]
Tarleton Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[6]
Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[6]
Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[6]
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School	2–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[6]
Upholland Roby Mill CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]
Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[6]
Woodland Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[6]
Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School	4–11[2]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Scarisbrick Hall School	0–18[2]	AL C+ 2024/25[7]
Turning Point Academy	7–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Elm Tree Community Primary School	4–11[2]
Hope High School	11–16[2]
Kingsbury Primary Special School	2–11[2]
Pontville School	5–19[2]
The Acorns School	11–16[2]
West Lancashire Community High School	11–19[2]

Nursery schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Moorgate Nursery School	3–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.