St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

West LancashireConstituency

WN8 8LQPostcode

7.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

It currently serves 230 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 14%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

230

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 230
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
3 Nov 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
17 Jul 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.