Academy converter · Primary
Skelmersdale · WN8 9BN · Lancashire
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 134598
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Skelmersdale · WN8 9AZ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
145
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, 145 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 46.4%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Liverpool.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 134598
Location
- Address
- Blakehall
- Postcode
- WN8 9AZ
- Town
- Skelmersdale
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 145
- Boys / girls
- 78 / 67
- School capacity
- 330
- Capacity fill
- 145 / 330 (44%)
- Free school meals
- 46.4%
- FSM pupils
- 65
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 5 on roll / 8 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ann Naylor
- Telephone
- 01695558560
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-10-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 43%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0