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Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Ormskirk · L39 5DG

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 30 January 2024

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At a glance

204 pupils · 97% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.aughtonstmichaels.co.uk/
URN
119388

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.8 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Good on 30 January 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.8 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.8 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary SchoolBurnley · 33 miles awayExpected standard72%
Chalford Hill Primary SchoolStroud · 130 miles awayExpected standard64%
Hildenborough Church of England Primary SchoolTonbridge · 209 miles awayGood75%
Offham Primary SchoolWest Malling · 208 miles awayGood59%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, AlkringtonManchester · 29 miles awayGood65%
Moore Primary SchoolWarrington · 17 miles awayGood77%
South Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBrough · 95 miles awayGood78%
Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBicester · 135 miles awayGood63%
Long Crendon SchoolAylesbury · 146 miles awayGood78%
Redfield Edge Primary SchoolBristol · 147 miles awayGood66%
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary SchoolThatcham · 162 miles awayGood61%
St Anne's CofE (VC) Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 45 miles awayGood86%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 97% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.52 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lancashire: 2.62 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,078; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,597
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £19,024; in-year balance -£74,074

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10%18.1%
Residents in very good health56%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier95.2%62.3%
Social housing0.2%17.1%
Privately rented4.6%20.5%
Detached houses66.3%22.9%
Flats1.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms49.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025472 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£355,000203 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£260,000–£517,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (91)£520,000
Semi-detached (79)£298,000
Terraced (24)£219,000
Flat (9)£135,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.29 km, 2026 entry): 285 sales, median £345,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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