St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good Sept 24 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Unique reference
- 119684
- Address
- Sandy Lane, WN8 8LQ
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 228 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.3%
- Girls
- 48.7%
- First language not English
- 11%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 22.8%
- Persistent absence
- 16.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.3%
White British 86.4%
Other White 5.3%
Mixed 2.6%
Indian 1.8%
African 1.3%
Pakistani 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage-1.6
WritingAverage0.6
MathsAverage0.8
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 69%
Local authority average 59%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 14%
Local authority average 7%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 106
Local authority average 105
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 106
Local authority average 104
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 26
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 26
- 2nd preference
- 11
- 3rd preference
- 17
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 26
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 27.8 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 28.3 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 28.5 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Part-time | 1 1 0 |
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 7 4 3 |
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 3 1 2 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 18 13 5 |
| Reception, Part-time | 1 1 0 |
| Reception, Full-time | 28 15 13 |
| Year 1 | 28 12 16 |
| Year 2 | 28 15 13 |
| Year 3 | 29 15 14 |
| Year 4 | 31 17 14 |
| Year 5 | 25 6 19 |
| Year 6 | 29 17 12 |