Crow Orchard Primary School
School Lane, Skelmersdale, WN8 8QG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Jenny Hollings
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 154
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 119334
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01695724046
About this school
Crow Orchard Primary School is a community primary school in Skelmersdale. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 121 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 21 February 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 24 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 50% | 92% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 71% | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 58% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 75% | 100% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
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 Crow Orchard 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 | 56% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 92% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 120 |
| 2023/24 | 121 |
| 2024/25 | 115 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crow Orchard Primary School compares
Crow Orchard Primary School ranked 8th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 98% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 92% | 5.7% | 30.8% | 121 | — |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 38% | 11.6% | 66.7% | 82 | 0.2 miles |
| Trinity Church of England/Methodist School | 55% | 5.2% | 43.8% | 256 | 0.3 miles |
| Cobbs Brow School | 74% | 5.8% | 26.4% | 308 | 0.5 miles |
| Brookfield Park Primary School | 76% | 8.2% | 42% | 153 | 0.6 miles |
| St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale | 54% | 6.1% | 24.1% | 230 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.84%
- English as an additional language
- 7%
- Overall absence
- 5.74%
- Persistent absence
- 16.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
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Trinity Church of England/Methodist School0.3 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
Cobbs Brow School0.5 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
Brookfield Park Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale0.8 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
Other schools in Skelmersdale
Crow Orchard Primary School ranks 2nd 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
- Delph Side Community Primary School Primary
- Hillside Community Primary School Primary
- Holland Moor Primary School Primary
- Little Digmoor 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 year groups does Crow Orchard Primary School teach?
- Crow Orchard Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Skelmersdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Crow Orchard Primary School?
- The headteacher of Crow Orchard Primary School is Miss Jenny Hollings, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crow Orchard Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crow Orchard 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 big is Crow Orchard Primary School?
- Crow Orchard Primary School has 121 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Crow Orchard Primary School full?
- Crow Orchard Primary School has capacity for 154 pupils and 121 on roll (79%), 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 Crow Orchard Primary School a faith school?
- No. Crow Orchard Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Crow Orchard Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Crow Orchard Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Crow Orchard Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 92% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crow Orchard Primary School rank locally?
- Crow Orchard Primary School ranked 8th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 98% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crow Orchard Primary School's absence rate?
- Crow Orchard Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crow Orchard Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crow Orchard 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.