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EnglandNorth WestWest LancashireWN8 6DEHillside Community Primary School
Primary

Hillside Community Primary School

Primary

West Lancashire · Skelmersdale · WN8 6DE www.hillside-pri.lancs.sch.uk

Pupils
173
cap. 210
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
52%
RWM expected · 2024/25
4%
RWM higher · 2024/25
173
Pupils · 2024/25
25%
EAL · 2024/25
19%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
52%
RWM expected · 2024/25
4%
RWM higher · 2024/25
173
Pupils · 2024/25
25%
EAL · 2024/25
19%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 09/07/2024

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityLancashire
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio16.7:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterDoes not apply
StatusOpen

Overview of Hillside Community Primary School · Primary · Lancashire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard
52%
-13pp
76%64%52%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 52%
RWM higher standard
4%
+4pp
14%7%0%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 4%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
65%
Reading higher standard
26%
Writing expected standard
74%
Writing higher standard
4%
Maths expected standard
70%
Maths higher standard
30%
Science expected standard
87%
SPAG expected standard
74%
SPAG higher standard
35%
Reading scaled score
103.0
Maths scaled score
103.0
GPS scaled score
106.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
173
Pupil : teacher ratio
16.7
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
25%
FSM eligible
62%
SEN
33%
Overall absence
7%
Persistent absence
19%

Contact

Address
Egerton, Tanhouse, Skelmersdale, WN8 6DE
Local authority
Lancashire
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2552%4%65%26%74%4%70%30%87%74%103.0103.0106.033%173
2023/2465%0%65%27%73%0%73%27%73%73%103.0104.0105.030%189
2022/2357%4%71%4%75%14%75%14%82%79%102.0102.0103.0-1.00+2.20-0.3033%199
2018/1976%7%76%14%86%24%90%21%90%90%104.0106.0108.0-0.20+2.50+1.1026%230
2017/1867%14%67%19%86%19%76%19%90%62%106.0107.0107.0-0.20+1.50+1.6027%235
2016/1787%0%67%33%86%19%93%0%81%81%104.0Not published108.0+0.00-1.40Not applicable26%232

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2517316.533%25%62%7%19%
2023/2418918.830%24%62%9%32%
2022/2319914.533%19%70%8%26%
2021/2219918.936%19%61%8%32%
2020/2119220.529%19%49%
2018/1923021.326%20%60%5%11%
2017/1823518.227%18%57%4%7%
2016/1723222.326%23%59%4%6%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.