Best Primary Schools in Skelmersdale

We checked all 19 primary schools in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and list every one: 18 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked
19
Ranked
18
Without a rank
1

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Skelmersdale. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Lancashire. Lancashire also has rankings for Preston, Chorley, Burnley, Lancaster, Accrington and all of Lancashire.

Ranked primary schools in Skelmersdale

  1. Rank 1

    Crawford Village Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 79 pupils, inspected May 2016

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    92%
    Higher standard
    25%
  2. Rank 2

    Cobbs Brow School

    Local authority maintained, 308 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    9%
  3. Rank 3

    Delph Side Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 251 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    15%
  4. Rank 4

    Crow Orchard Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 121 pupils, inspected December 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    92%
    Higher standard
    8%
  5. Rank 5

    Holland Moor Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 412 pupils, inspected February 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    17%
  6. Rank 6

    St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 211 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    8%
  7. Rank 7

    St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Local authority maintained, 229 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    9%
  8. Rank 8

    St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Local authority maintained, 196 pupils, inspected April 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    4%
  9. Rank 9

    Moorside Community Primary Academy School

    Academy, 256 pupils, inspected March 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    7%
  10. Rank 10

    Woodland Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 335 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    7%
  11. Rank 11

    Brookfield Park Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 153 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Urgent improvement to expected standard
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    10%
  12. Rank 12

    Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 189 pupils, inspected November 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    0%
  13. Rank 13

    Trinity Church of England/Methodist School

    Local authority maintained, 256 pupils, inspected October 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    5%
  14. Rank 14

    Hillside Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 151 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    4%
  15. Rank 15

    St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

    Local authority maintained, 230 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    0%
  16. Rank 16

    Little Digmoor Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 138 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    32%
    Higher standard
    5%
  17. Rank 17

    St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 82 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    38%
    Higher standard
    0%
  18. Rank 18

    St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 145 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    7%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Skelmersdale without a rank