Little Digmoor Primary School
Abbeystead, Skelmersdale, WN8 9NF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Karen Houldsworth
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- URN
- 119297
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01695724539
About this school
Little Digmoor Primary School is a community primary school in Skelmersdale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 138 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Little Digmoor Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 15 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 13% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 60% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 40% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 53% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Little Digmoor Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 137 |
| 2023/24 | 144 |
| 2024/25 | 153 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Little Digmoor Primary School compares
Little Digmoor Primary School ranked 415th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 10.5% | 67.2% | 138 | — |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School | 7% | 12.5% | 57.4% | 145 | 0.4 miles |
| Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School | 65% | 6.8% | 57% | 189 | 0.5 miles |
| Delph Side Community Primary School | 73% | 5.8% | 54.6% | 251 | 0.5 miles |
| Hillside Community Primary School | 52% | 7.1% | 62% | 151 | 0.7 miles |
| Moorside Community Primary Academy School | 59% | 5.8% | 54.2% | 256 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 67.15%
- English as an additional language
- 30.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.51%
- Persistent absence
- 32.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
Delph Side Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
Hillside Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
Moorside Community Primary Academy School0.8 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
Other schools in Skelmersdale
Little Digmoor Primary School ranks 17th of the 18 ranked primary schools in Skelmersdale.
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brookfield Park Primary School Primary
- Cobbs Brow School Primary
- Crawford Village Primary School Primary
- Crow Orchard Primary School Primary
- Delph Side Community Primary School Primary
- Hillside Community Primary School Primary
- Holland Moor Primary School Primary
- Moorside Community Primary Academy School Primary
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School Primary
- St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Little Digmoor Primary School teach?
- Little Digmoor Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Skelmersdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Little Digmoor Primary School?
- The headteacher of Little Digmoor Primary School is Ms Karen Houldsworth, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Little Digmoor Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Little Digmoor Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Little Digmoor Primary School?
- Little Digmoor Primary School has 138 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Little Digmoor Primary School full?
- Little Digmoor Primary School has capacity for 200 pupils and 138 on roll (69%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Little Digmoor Primary School a faith school?
- No. Little Digmoor Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Little Digmoor Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Little Digmoor Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Little Digmoor Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Little Digmoor Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Little Digmoor Primary School ranked 415th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Little Digmoor Primary School's absence rate?
- Little Digmoor Primary School's overall absence rate is 10.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Little Digmoor Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Little Digmoor Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.