UK Schools
Ormskirk School
Ormskirk School is a mixed secondary academy in Ormskirk, Lancashire County Council, teaching 1,169 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in January 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Ormskirk School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Ormskirk School.
- 1 INSET Day
- 2 INSET Day
- 3 School open to all students
- 24 INSET Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 28 INSET Day
- 19 End of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Spring Term begins - School open to all students
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 End of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Summer Term begins
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 17 End of Summer Term for students
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 20 INSET Day
- 21 INSET Day
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day September 1, 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day September 2, 2025 Inset Day
- School open to all students September 3, 2025 Event
- INSET Day October 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term October 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- INSET Day November 28, 2025 Inset Day
- End of Autumn Term December 19, 2025 Term
- Spring Term begins - School open to all students January 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term March 27, 2026 Term
- Summer Term begins April 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term for students July 17, 2026 Term
- INSET Day July 20, 2026 Inset Day
- INSET Day July 21, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday March 30, 2026 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday July 18, 2026 - August 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day January 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday April 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day December 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Ormskirk School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 24.69 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 33.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Ormskirk School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Ormskirk School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.