Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Ormskirk, Lancashire
Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School is a primary school in Ormskirk, Lancashire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 July 2024.
Key facts
- Address
- Chorley Road, Bispham, Chorley Road Bispham, Ormskirk, L40 3SL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 77 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 July 2024
Strengths
- “Richard Durning’s aptly describes itself as ‘a small school with a big heart’.”
- “It has a strong sense of family and community.”
- “Staff understand and nurture their pupils’ individual personalities.”
To improve
- “However, in some other parts of the early years curriculum, the school has not clarified the smaller steps of foundational knowledge that children should acquire over time.”
- “Sometimes, children do not encounter new knowledge in a coherent manner and the school is not as well placed as it could be to help pupils to build on what they already know when they move into key stage 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 offers to first-preference applicants.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- St Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
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- Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged
- Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold 1.4 mi Outstanding
- Newburgh Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Outstanding
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- Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged