The Acorns School
Pupil referral unit school in Ormskirk (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 first14 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Ormskirk School, 0.3 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormskirk SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 0.3 mi | Secondary | 1,169 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good |
| Edge Hill UniversityHigher education institutions | 0.4 mi | Higher education institutions | - | - |
| Ormskirk Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 0.4 mi | Primary | 411 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2024Last graded Good (Jan 2015) |
| Moorgate Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery | 0.4 mi | Nursery | 32 | Good, 2023 |
| Turning Point AcademyOther independent | 0.5 mi | Independent | 72 | - |
| Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.6 mi | Primary | 363 | Good, 2019Ungraded inspection Mar 2025, no grade given |
| St Bede's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.7 mi | Secondary | 709 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements |
| Pontville SchoolOther independent special | 0.8 mi | Special | 121 | - |
| Ormskirk West End SchoolCommunity | 0.9 mi | Primary | 130 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (Jun 2019) |
| Ormskirk Asmall Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.0 mi | Primary | 152 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2023Last graded Good (Dec 2018) |
| Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.1 mi | Primary | 203 | Outstanding, 2024 |
| Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.4 mi | Primary | 105 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Aughton Town Green Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Primary | 314 | Good, 2024 |
| Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.8 mi | Primary | 204 | Good, 2024 |
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 20% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 9 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
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