Burscough Bridge Methodist School

Primary · Ormskirk · L40 0SG

Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 6 May 2026 · report published 16 June 2026

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At a glance

41 pupils · 39% of 105 capacity

School type: Voluntary controlled school
Age range: 5–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Methodist
Free school meals: 39% of pupils
English as additional language: 0% of pupils
SEN support: 22.2% of pupils
EHC plan: 8.9% of pupils
Website: www.burscoughbridgemethodistschool.co.uk
URN: 119402

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

90%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

108

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

105

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

10.2%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

54.3%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

11.4

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£10,215

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

6 May 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)
23 March 2022: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)
8 March 2017: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Burscough Priory AcademyGood · Secondary · 0.1 mi
Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.2 mi
Burscough Village Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.2 mi
Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.5 mi
St John's Catholic Primary School, BurscoughGood · Primary · 0.8 mi
Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary SchoolNeeds attention · Primary · 1.6 mi
Rufford CofE SchoolGood · Primary · 2.4 mi
Ormskirk West End SchoolNo current grade · Primary · 2.6 mi

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