St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Skelmersdale, WN8 6PF
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Woodland Community Primary School
Heathgate, Birch Green, Skelmersdale, WN8 6QH
Local ranking359th of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Primary
Phase
350
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 8 May 2024.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 69.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 350
- Boys
- 175 (52%)
- Girls
- 160 (48%)
- Capacity
- 350 (96% full)
- SEND
- 22.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.4%
- EAL
- 20.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 20.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,926/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.4% 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
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- White British: 78.2%
- White Other: 9.7%
- Other: 4.9%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.9%
78.2%
White British
9.7%
White Other
4.9%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Heathgate
Skelmersdale, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 134599
- UKPRN
- 10040125
- Establishment No.
- 3996
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