Trinity Church of England/Methodist School

Trinity Church of England/Methodist School has successfully maintained the quality of education identified in its previous inspection, demonstrating an effective approach to nurturing pupils' academic and personal development. The school promotes a strong culture of perseverance and cooperation among students, which contributes to a positive school atmosphere. Many pupils, including those with special educational needs, thrive within an ambitious curriculum while benefiting from various extracurricular activities that promote community engagement and personal growth.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate strong perseverance and work ethic.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Effective systems are in place for identifying and supporting pupils with SEND.
• Teachers receive high-quality training to enhance lesson delivery.
• The school successfully promotes fluent reading among pupils by Year 2.
• Behaviour in classrooms is excellent, with minimal disruption to learning.
• The school fosters pupils' personal development and understanding of community.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack sufficient teacher knowledge to deliver the curriculum effectively.
• Certain learning activities do not enable pupils to learn and remember essential knowledge.

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 Trinity Church of England/Methodist School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.4% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Trinity Church of England/Methodist 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 Trinity Church of England/Methodist School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.4% 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, 16.4% of pupils at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.0% 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 Trinity Church of England/Methodist School received £8,829 and spent £8,924 for each of its 246 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £153,000 (£621 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 Trinity Church of England/Methodist School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Trinity Church of England/Methodist School last inspected by Ofsted?

Trinity Church of England/Methodist School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Trinity Church of England/Methodist School have?

Trinity Church of England/Methodist School has 256 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trinity Church of England/Methodist School cover?

Trinity Church of England/Methodist School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Trinity Church of England/Methodist School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?

Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is at Kiln Lane, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8PW.