Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address 16 School Lane
Westhead
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L40 6HL
Phone 01695574078
Reference Number 119377

General Makeup

Number of pupils 93
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.69%
Girls: 47.31%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 7.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 18.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 19.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 22.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 7 5 12
2 9 5 14
3 5 7 12
4 6 5 11
5 3 3 6
6 6 10 16

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 97.8%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2025-03-12
Date Description Report
2025-02-04 School inspection School inspection
2014-11-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-01-30 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2013-01-15 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2010-01-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-02-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-03-12 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 50% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103 Unlock Unlock
Maths 102 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.3 Unlock Unlock
Writing -1.2 Unlock Unlock
Maths -1.7 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 13 2
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Ormskirk Church of England Primary School
Greetby Hill, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 2DP
1.43 miles
Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary School
Hall Lane, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 5UG
1.61 miles
Brookfield Park Primary School
School Lane, Chapel House, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8EH
1.76 miles
Moorgate Nursery School
Moorgate, Ormskirk, L39 4RY
1.78 miles
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8LQ
1.79 miles
Kingsbury Primary Special School
School Lane, Chapel House, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8EH
1.81 miles
Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Aughton Street, Townend, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 3LQ
1.97 miles
St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough
Chapel Lane, Lathom, Burscough, Lancashire, L40 7RA
1.99 miles
Ormskirk West End School
Grimshaw Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 1PA
2.13 miles
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School
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2.13 miles
Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and Nursery
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2.2 miles
Crow Orchard Primary School
School Lane, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8QG
2.26 miles
Ormskirk Asmall Primary School
Tennyson Drive, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 3PJ
2.3 miles
Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School
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2.37 miles
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Windrows, New Church Farm, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8NP
2.43 miles
Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Long Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 5AS
2.44 miles
Cobbs Brow School
Manfield, Ashurst, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 6SU
2.53 miles
Aughton Town Green Primary School
Town Green Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 6SF
2.55 miles
Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Delph Park Avenue, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 5DG
2.79 miles
Burscough Village Primary School
Colburne Close, Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 4LB
2.81 miles
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Ormskirk School
Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 2AT
0.97 miles
West Lancashire Community High School
School Lane, Chapel House, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8EH
1.69 miles
Turning Point Academy
Hants Lane,, Ormskirk, West Lancashire,, L39 1PX
1.78 miles
Pontville School
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2.06 miles
St Bede's Catholic High School
St Anne's Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 4TA
2.09 miles
Lathom High School : A Technology College
Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 6JN
2.14 miles
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 6JW
2.15 miles
Maharishi Free School
Cobbs Brow Lane, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 6JJ
2.58 miles
Burscough Priory Academy
Trevor Road, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 7RZ
2.69 miles
Hope High School
Carfield, Clay Brow, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9DP
4.18 miles
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4.33 miles
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4.38 miles
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4.48 miles
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