Crow Orchard Primary School

Crow Orchard Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its 'good' status. The school has a rich history and a strong sense of community, with pupils expressing pride in their school and feeling supported by teachers. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, which enables most pupils to achieve positively. Pupils feel safe and respected, benefiting from a range of leadership opportunities and support systems such as the Rainbow Room for emotional well-being. Leaders have recently implemented several improvements that have been well received by parents and staff.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud of their school's history and environment.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils contribute to a supportive school culture.
• Pupils achieve highly due to a well-organised and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Reading is prioritized, fostering confidence and fluency among pupils.
• Pupils exhibit polite behavior and respect towards each other.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clearly defined essential knowledge for pupils.
• Opportunities for pupils to revisit learning are insufficient, impacting knowledge retention.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Crow Orchard Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.6% of pupils at Crow Orchard Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Crow Orchard Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.0% of pupils at Crow Orchard Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Crow Orchard Primary School received £8,670 and spent £8,521 for each of its 114 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £51,000 (£449 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Crow Orchard Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crow Orchard Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Crow Orchard Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crow Orchard Primary School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Crow Orchard Primary School have?

Crow Orchard Primary School has 121 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crow Orchard Primary School cover?

Crow Orchard Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Crow Orchard Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Crow Orchard Primary School?

Crow Orchard Primary School is at School Lane, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8QG.