# West Lancashire Community High School

West Lancashire Community High School is a special school in West Lancashire, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 176 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E131258. [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 176
- Council: West Lancashire
- URN: 131258

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 13 March 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).


### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | West Lancashire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 43.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 39.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 58.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 19 | – | – |

West Lancashire Community High School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Brookfield Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookfield-park-primary-school-e134603): 160 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met, special measures. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kingsbury Primary Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingsbury-primary-special-school-e131259): 260 m. Special. School remains Outstanding, June 2023
- [St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-richards-catholic-primary-school-skelmersdale-e119684): 640 m. Primary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Trinity Church of England/Methodist School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trinity-church-of-england-methodist-school-e119406): 710 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Crow Orchard Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crow-orchard-primary-school-e119334): 960 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 92% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lathom High School : A Technology College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lathom-high-school-a-technology-college-e119774): 1.2 km. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2022. Attainment 8 of 41.6 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/131258)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/131258)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-lancashire-community-high-school-e131258