St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
Voluntary aided primary school in Skelmersdale (Lancashire).
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iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first20 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Brookfield Park Primary School, 0.2 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Park Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.2 mi | Primary | 153 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 2, Urgent improvement in 3 |
| Kingsbury Primary Special SchoolCommunity special | 0.2 mi | Special | 132 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2023Last graded Outstanding (Oct 2013) |
| West Lancashire Community High SchoolCommunity special | 0.2 mi | Special | 176 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2024Last graded Good (Nov 2014) |
| Trinity Church of England/Methodist SchoolVoluntary controlled | 0.5 mi | Primary | 256 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (Oct 2015) |
| Crow Orchard Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.6 mi | Primary | 121 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2023Last graded Good (Dec 2017) |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.8 mi | Primary | 82 | Good, 2024 |
| Moss View SchoolOther independent special | 1.0 mi | Special | 1 | - |
| Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeFoundation | 1.0 mi | Secondary | 806 | Good, 2022 |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.1 mi | Secondary | 786 | No overall grade, 2025Requires improvement in all four key judgements |
| Cobbs Brow SchoolCommunity | 1.3 mi | Primary | 308 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 3 key judgements, Good in 1; early years provision Outstanding |
| Delph Side Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.5 mi | Primary | 251 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in 1 key judgement, Good in 3; early years provision Good |
| Maharishi Free SchoolFree schools | 1.6 mi | All-through | 229 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Little Digmoor Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Primary | 138 | No overall grade, 2024Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Requires improvement |
| Woodland Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Primary | 335 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, SkelmersdaleVoluntary aided | 1.7 mi | Primary | 196 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2022Last graded Good (Apr 2012) |
| Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.8 mi | Primary | 105 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| St James' Catholic Primary School, SkelmersdaleVoluntary aided | 1.8 mi | Primary | 229 | Good, 2023 |
| Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and NurseryVoluntary controlled | 1.9 mi | Primary | 90 | Good, 2024 |
| Hillside Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.9 mi | Primary | 151 | Good, 2024 |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 2.0 mi | Primary | 145 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 40% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 4 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 80
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