Ormskirk School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Lancashire
Wigan Road, Ormskirk, L39 2AT
66
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 07/01/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.2%
33.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,169
Capacity used
Has space74%
1,590 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
161 of 161 families who put it first got an offer
207
Places offered
489
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 161 | 161 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 167 | 26 | ● 16% |
| 3rd preference | 159 | 15 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 489 | 202 | 41% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 28 applications came from outside the council area (19 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- John Burnham
- Address
- Wigan Road, Ormskirk, L39 2AT
- Phone
- 01695583040
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Ormskirk East · West Lancashire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148254
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 22% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST
1,169 pupils · 1,590 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
07 January 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,104 pupils
Attendance
88.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
33.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.20 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.97 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 25.65 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 40.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 60.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 14.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.63 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 212 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 24.69 | 35 |
| Average grade | D+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 19.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 63 | — |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11649: Ormskirk Academy
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.