Ormskirk School
Wigan Road, Ormskirk, L39 2AT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr John Burnham
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Endeavour Learning Trust
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,590
- Pupils on roll
- 1,169
- URN
- 148254
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01695583040
About this school
Ormskirk School is a secondary academy in Ormskirk. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,169 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. 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 229 | 231 | 212 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 45.9 | 42.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.43 -0.62 to -0.25 | -0.20 -0.38 to -0.02 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 51.5% | 40.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 72.7% | 60.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 14.3% | 14.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ormskirk 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 | 43.5 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.9 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.4 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,230 |
| 2023/24 | 1,218 |
| 2024/25 | 1,212 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ormskirk School compares
Ormskirk School ranked 51st of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 47% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.4 | 11.8% | 21.2% | 1,169 | — |
| St Bede's Catholic High School | 55 | 6.7% | 6.2% | 709 | 1.2 miles |
| Burscough Priory Academy | 48.8 | 7.9% | 16.1% | 729 | 2.5 miles |
| Lathom High School : A Technology College | 41.5 | 10.5% | 46.9% | 806 | 3.1 miles |
| Deyes High School | 42.8 | 9.8% | 16.3% | 1,336 | 4.7 miles |
| Maricourt Catholic High School | 44.5 | 10.5% | 24.5% | 1,092 | 5.0 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)
- 21.16%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 11.78%
- Persistent absence
- 33.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bede's Catholic High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Ormskirk
-
Burscough Priory Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Ormskirk
-
Lathom High School : A Technology College3.1 miles
Secondary · Skelmersdale
-
Deyes High School4.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Maricourt Catholic High School5.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Ormskirk
- Burscough Priory Academy Secondary
- St Bede's Catholic High School Secondary
- Moorgate Nursery School Nursery
- Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Aughton Town Green Primary School Primary
- Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Burscough Bridge Methodist School Primary
- Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burscough Village Primary School Primary
- Downholland-Haskayne Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ormskirk School teach?
- Ormskirk School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Ormskirk.
- Who is the headteacher of Ormskirk School?
- The headteacher of Ormskirk School is Mr John Burnham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ormskirk School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ormskirk 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 Ormskirk School?
- Ormskirk School has 1,169 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Ormskirk School full?
- Ormskirk School has capacity for 1,590 pupils and 1,169 on roll (74%), 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 Ormskirk School a faith school?
- No. Ormskirk School has no designated religious character.
- Is Ormskirk School a selective school?
- No. Ormskirk School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Ormskirk School?
- Ormskirk School is part of ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ormskirk School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.5 in 2022/23 and 42.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ormskirk School rank locally?
- Ormskirk School ranked 51st of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 47% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ormskirk School's absence rate?
- Ormskirk School's overall absence rate is 11.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ormskirk School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ormskirk 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 10 July 2026.