St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

West LancashireConstituency

WN8 6PFPostcode

2.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 196 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 48%
Higher standard: 12%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

196

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

32%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 196
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 7 July 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
15 May 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.