Ormskirk School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ormskirk, L39 2AT
- Distance
- 1.9km away
St Bede's Catholic High School
St Anne's Road, Ormskirk, L39 4TA
Local ranking15th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
689
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 12 November 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 58.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 141
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 706
- Boys
- 344 (49%)
- Girls
- 365 (51%)
- Capacity
- 689 (103% full)
- SEND
- 11.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.2%
- EAL
- 2.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 9.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,573/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- White Irish: 0.7%
- White Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
93.1%
White British
1.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
0.8%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 119792
- UKPRN
- 10017582
- Establishment No.
- 4631
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