What schools serve Ormskirk?

There are 31 schools in Ormskirk, Lancashire, including Moorgate Nursery School, Ormskirk West End School, Aughton Town Green Primary School, Ormskirk Asmall Primary School, Burscough Village Primary School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Ormskirk?

Ormskirk has 22 primary schools and 3 secondary schools. There are also 6 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Ormskirk?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Ormskirk, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Ormskirk schools are set by Lancashire and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Lancashire admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Ormskirk?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Ormskirk are set by Lancashire as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Ormskirk

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Ormskirk's 31 schools are administered by Lancashire County Council, covering 22 primaries and 3 secondaries in a market town that sits between Skelmersdale and Southport in the West Lancashire district. Lancashire's community schools use straight-line distance as the final oversubscription criterion after looked-after children and siblings; the three secondaries serving the town include Ormskirk School and schools in surrounding villages that draw catchment families from a wide rural hinterland.

Primary catchments around Ormskirk are broadly drawn because of the rural character of much of West Lancashire, but in-town primaries such as Aughton Town Green and Ormskirk Asmall can still reach capacity from their immediate neighbourhood. Families considering a move into the area should pay attention to which side of the Ormskirk bypass a property sits on, as this can affect proximity rankings meaningfully for the most popular schools.

School demand in Ormskirk

Across the 28 schools in Ormskirk with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 81%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

19 schools in Ormskirk have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

2 of the schools in Ormskirk are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Lancashire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

9 of the schools in Ormskirk have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Ormskirk: 2 oversubscribed (22)

Ormskirk West End School

Primary · Community school

Ormskirk · L39 1PA

Ages 5-11 113 pupils Capacity 210

Aughton Town Green Primary School

Primary · Community school

Ormskirk · L39 6SF

Ages 5-11 313 pupils Capacity 350

Ormskirk Asmall Primary School

Primary · Community school

Ormskirk · L39 3PJ

Ages 4-11 144 pupils Capacity 150

Burscough Village Primary School

Primary · Community school

Ormskirk · L40 4LB

Ages 3-11 214 pupils Capacity 236