Moorside Community Primary Academy School
Primary schoolMoorside Community Primary Academy School is a primary school in West Lancashire, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 256 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), March 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 3 March 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 19 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 59% of pupils at Moorside Community Primary Academy School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Holland Moor Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)340 m
- Hope High SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, June 2025490 m
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 7% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Hillside Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
- Little Digmoor Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 32% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in West Lancashire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).