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School admissions in Ormskirk

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

23 schools. 8 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolOrmskirk1.9330
Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk1.4425
Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and NurseryOrmskirk1.3816
Ormskirk Asmall Primary SchoolOrmskirk1.3520
Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk1.2030
Holmeswood Methodist SchoolOrmskirk1.147
Maharishi Free SchoolOrmskirk1.1118
Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk1.0519
Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk1.0010
Richard Durning's Endowed Primary SchoolOrmskirk1.009
Rufford CofE SchoolOrmskirk1.0016
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, ScarisbrickOrmskirk1.006
Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.9360
Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.9225
Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.9030
Burscough Village Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.8730
Ormskirk Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.8657
Burscough Bridge Methodist SchoolOrmskirk0.836
Ormskirk West End SchoolOrmskirk0.8010
Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.8015
Downholland-Haskayne Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.754
Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.673
Aughton Town Green Primary SchoolOrmskirk0.5845

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
St Bede's Catholic High SchoolOrmskirk1.32133
Ormskirk SchoolOrmskirk0.85248
Burscough Priory AcademyOrmskirk0.83130

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.