St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
F32
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Skelmersdale, WN8 9AZ
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Little Digmoor Primary School
Abbeystead, Skelmersdale, WN8 9NF
Local ranking446th of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Primary
Phase
200
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 1 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 32.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 32.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 22
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 153
- Boys
- 68 (49%)
- Girls
- 70 (51%)
- Capacity
- 200 (69% full)
- SEND
- 30.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 67.2%
- EAL
- 30.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 28.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,613/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 67.3%
- White Other: 15.7%
- Mixed Other: 5.2%
- Black African: 3.9%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Black Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Other: 0.7%
67.3%
White British
15.7%
White Other
5.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Abbeystead
Skelmersdale, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119297
- UKPRN
- 10076189
- Establishment No.
- 2525
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