Primary schools in Skelmersdale
19 primary schools in Skelmersdale, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Skelmersdale in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 19 schools in Skelmersdale first 431 times for 425 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Lancashire authority's 472 schools. 6 of the 19 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 6 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.23 miles (St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale) to 2.00 miles (Crawford Village Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Crawford Village Primary School
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School
- Cobbs Brow School
- Crow Orchard Primary School
- Delph Side Community Primary School
- Hillside Community Primary School
- Holland Moor Primary School
- Moorside Community Primary Academy School
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
- St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
- St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
- Upholland Roby Mill CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Trinity Church of England/Methodist School
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
- Little Digmoor Primary School
- Woodland Community Primary School
- Brookfield Park Primary School
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