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Downholland-Haskayne Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

Primary · Ormskirk · L39 7HX

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 July 2025

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At a glance

20 pupils · 31% of 64 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
27.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
25% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.haskayne.lancs.sch.uk
URN
119479

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 4 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 8 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 28.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%)

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)
28.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
63.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.25 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
7.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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 £49,552; 33.3% 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£20,921
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 21% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 16% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£8,857; in-year balance -£7,435

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier71.9%62.3%
Social housing12.8%17.1%
Privately rented15.3%20.5%
Detached houses33.9%22.9%
Flats4.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025474 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£240,00023 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£197,500–£325,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£410,000
Semi-detached (13)£216,000

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

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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