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.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	18%[4]	12%[4]	14%[4]	29%[4]	27%[4]
Employment	22%[4]	12%[4]	22%[4]	32%[4]	12%[4]
Education and skills	22%[4]	14%[4]	16%[4]	26%[4]	22%[4]
Health and disability	21%[4]	18%[4]	26%[4]	29%[4]	7%[4]
Crime	11%[4]	14%[4]	10%[4]	25%[4]	41%[4]
Housing and services	7%[4]	18%[4]	23%[4]	37%[4]	15%[4]
Living environment	5%[4]	15%[4]	27%[4]	33%[4]	19%[4]
Children in low-income families	14%[4]	15%[4]	14%[4]	27%[4]	30%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 70.7% of 48,544 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 30.0% of 98,336 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 11.3% of 98,348 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Burscough Priory Academy	11–16[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8]
Lathom High School : A Technology College	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Maharishi Free School	4–16[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8] KS2 50% 2024/25[9]
Ormskirk School	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[10]
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
St Bede's Catholic High School	11–16[2]	A8 54 2025/26[8]
Tarleton Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Up Holland High School	11–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (55)

School	Ages	Headline results
Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[9]
Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[9]
Aughton Town Green Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[9]
Banks Methodist School	2–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[9]
Banks St Stephen's CofE School	2–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]
Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[9]
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[9]
Brookfield Park Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[9]
Burscough Bridge Methodist School	5–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[9]
Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[9]
Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[9]
Burscough Village Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[9]
Cobbs Brow School	2–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[9]
Crawford Village Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 92% 2024/25[9]
Crow Orchard Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 92% 2024/25[9]
Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
Delph Side Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[9]
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[9]
Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School	3–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[9]
Hillside Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[9]
Holland Moor Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[9]
Holmeswood Methodist School	3–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[9]
Little Digmoor Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 32% 2024/25[9]
Moorside Community Primary Academy School	2–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[9]
Newburgh Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 92% 2024/25[9]
Ormskirk Asmall Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[9]
Ormskirk Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[9]
Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[9]
Ormskirk West End School	5–11[2]	KS2 18% 2024/25[9]
Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold	4–11[2]	KS2 100% 2024/25[9]
Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[9]
Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[9]
Rufford CofE School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[9]
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[9]
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 7% 2024/25[9]
St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale	2–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[9]
St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[9]
St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale	2–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[9]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[9]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale	3–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[9]
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[9]
St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[9]
Tarleton Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[9]
Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School	2–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]
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[9]
Woodland Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
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[10]
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.
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Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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