Schools and Education in Pennylands

There are 86 schools within 5 miles of Pennylands town centre, including 52 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 94% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Kingsbury Primary Special School, St John's Children's Centre & Extended School and Elm Tree Community Primary School. There are 4 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
86
Primary
52
Secondary
10
Good / Outstanding
94%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

11
48
Outstanding (11) Good (48) Requires Improvement (4) Not yet inspected (23)
Kingsbury Primary Special School 0.3 miles School Lane, Chapel House, Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH Inspected: 20 September 2023 St John's Children's Centre & Extended School 1.1 miles Flamstead, Birch Green, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JJ Inspected: 23 February 2012 Elm Tree Community Primary School 1.5 miles Evington, Tanhouse, Skelmersdale, WN8 6SA Inspected: 19 December 2023 Newburgh Church of England Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Back Lane, Newburgh, Wigan, WN8 7XB Inspected: 21 June 2024 Crawford Village Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Crawford Road, Crawford Village, Skelmersdale, WN8 9QP Inspected: 26 January 2023 Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold Primary 2.9 miles Brandreth Drive, Parbold, Wigan, WN8 7HD Inspected: 25 June 2024 Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy Primary 3 miles Lancaster Lane, Parbold, Nr Wigan, WN8 7HS Inspected: 15 December 2023 Orrell Newfold Community Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Croftlands, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7BD Inspected: 12 July 2024 St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College 16 plus 3.9 miles Gathurst Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 0LJ Inspected: 19 March 2024 Winstanley College 16 plus 4.3 miles Winstanley Road, Billinge, Wigan, WN5 7XF Inspected: 13 March 2025 Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Long Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, L39 5AS Inspected: 11 June 2024
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School Primary 120 yards Kiln Lane, Skelmersdale, WN8 8PW Inspected: 03 December 2024 Crow Orchard Primary School Primary 0.1 miles School Lane, Skelmersdale, WN8 8QG Inspected: 27 April 2023 St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary 0.3 miles Windrows, New Church Farm, Skelmersdale, WN8 8NP Inspected: 25 June 2024 West Lancashire Community High School 0.3 miles School Lane, Chapel House, Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH Inspected: 29 April 2024 Park Children's Centre 0.4 miles Waverley, Whitburn, Skelmersdale, WN8 8HN Inspected: 31 March 2011 Lathom High School : A Technology College Secondary 0.6 miles Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JN Inspected: 21 September 2022 St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary 1.2 miles Flamstead, Birch Green, Skelmersdale, WN8 6PF Inspected: 21 September 2022 Hillside Community Primary School Primary 1.4 miles N/A, Tanhouse, Skelmersdale, WN8 6DE Inspected: 24 September 2024 First Steps Children's Centre 1.7 miles Eavesdale, Skelmersdale, WN8 6BA Inspected: 11 November 2010 Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Higher Lane, Dalton, Wigan, WN8 7RP Inspected: 18 May 2023 Holland Moor Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Cornbrook, Skelmersdale, WN8 9AG Inspected: 13 May 2025 Moorside Community Primary Academy School Primary 2 miles Back Lane, Holland Moor, Skelmersdale, WN8 9EA Inspected: 02 May 2025 Hope High School 2.1 miles Carfield, Clay Brow, Skelmersdale, WN8 9DP Inspected: 03 July 2025 Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.4 miles Hall Lane, Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, L39 0EH Inspected: 25 April 2024 Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Hall Lane, Lathom, Ormskirk, L40 5UG Inspected: 21 September 2022 St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Beacon View Drive, Up Holland, Skelmersdale, WN8 0HX Inspected: 27 April 2023 Upholland Roby Mill CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 2.8 miles School Lane, Roby Mill, Skelmersdale, WN8 0QR Inspected: 19 January 2024 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Old Lane, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8JF Inspected: 16 June 2023 A.R.T.S. Education 3.2 miles Ormskirk Road, Rainford, Merseyside, WA11 8HR Inspected: 03 April 2025 Edge Hill University 3.3 miles St Helens Road, Ormskirk, L39 4QP Inspected: 19 January 2024 St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough Primary 3.4 miles Chapel Lane, Lathom, Burscough, L40 7RA Inspected: 21 March 2023 The Acorns School 3.5 miles Ruff Lane, Ormskirk, L39 4QX Inspected: 13 October 2023 Ormskirk Church of England Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Greetby Hill, Ormskirk, L39 2DP Inspected: 15 November 2024 St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell Primary 3.6 miles St James Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7AA Inspected: 29 April 2022 Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Lordsgate Drive, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 7RS Inspected: 07 May 2024 Burscough Village Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Colburne Close, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 4LB Inspected: 25 April 2024 Fir Tree College 3.9 miles The Nook, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9JB Inspected: 24 August 2022 St Peter's Catholic High School Secondary 3.9 miles Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8NU Inspected: 29 April 2024 Moorgate Nursery School & Children's Centre 3.9 miles Moorgate, Ormskirk, L39 4RY Inspected: 20 December 2013 Moorgate Nursery School Nursery 3.9 miles Moorgate, Ormskirk, L39 4RY Inspected: 19 June 2023 Burscough Priory Academy Secondary 4 miles Trevor Road, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 7RZ Inspected: 23 January 2023 Turning Point Academy 4 miles Hants Lane, Ormskirk, L39 1PX Inspected: 27 March 2024 Burscough Bridge Methodist School Primary 4.1 miles Orrell Lane, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 0SG Inspected: 18 May 2022 Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Aughton Street, Townend, Ormskirk, L39 3LQ Inspected: 07 May 2025 Pontville School 4.1 miles Black Moss Lane, Ormskirk, L39 4TW Inspected: 19 June 2025 The Grove Youth, Community & Children's Centre 4.1 miles Station Approach, Burscough, Ormskirk, L40 0RZ Inspected: 09 October 2012 Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Chorley Road, Bispham, Ormskirk, L40 3SL Inspected: 18 September 2024 Shevington Vale Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Runshaw Avenue, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9JP Inspected: 29 April 2022 Ormskirk West End School Primary 4.2 miles Grimshaw Lane, Ormskirk, L39 1PA Inspected: 20 December 2024 Ormskirk Asmall Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Tennyson Drive, Ormskirk, L39 3PJ Inspected: 22 January 2024 Aughton Town Green Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Town Green Gardens, Aughton, Ormskirk, L39 6SF Inspected: 10 September 2024 Orrell Lamberhead Children's Centre 4.5 miles Macdonald Street, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 0AW Inspected: 14 August 2013 St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Church Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8BD Inspected: 20 September 2023 TMP College 4.6 miles Orrell Road, Pemberton, Wigan, WN5 8EX Inspected: 21 June 2024 St John's CofE Primary School Primary 4.6 miles St John Street, Pemberton, Wigan, WN5 0DT Inspected: 23 June 2023 Millbrook Primary School Primary 4.7 miles N/A, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8DL Inspected: 29 September 2022 Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Delph Park Avenue, Aughton, Ormskirk, L39 5DG Inspected: 11 March 2024 Shevington High School Secondary 4.9 miles Shevington Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AB Inspected: 19 May 2022
Brookfield Park Primary School Primary 0.3 miles School Lane, Chapel House, Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH Inspected: 27 November 2023 Woodland Community Primary School Primary 1.1 miles Heathgate, Birch Green, Skelmersdale, WN8 6QH Inspected: 10 September 2024 Shevington Sure Start Children's Centre 4 miles Miles Lane, Miles Lane, Wigan, WN6 8EW Inspected: 24 March 2015 Dean Trust Wigan Secondary 4.5 miles Greenhey, Greenhey, Wigan, WN5 0DQ Inspected: 28 November 2023
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary 0.6 miles Railway Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 8LQ Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School Secondary 0.7 miles Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW Cobbs Brow School Primary 0.8 miles Manfield, Ashurst, Skelmersdale, WN8 6SU Moss View School 0.9 miles Moss Lane View, Skelmersdale, WN8 9TL Delph Side Community Primary School Primary 1 miles Eskdale, Tanhouse, Skelmersdale, WN8 6ED Maharishi Free School All-through 1.2 miles Cobb's Clough Road, Lathom, Ormskirk, L40 6JJ St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary 1.2 miles Ashurst Road, Ashurst, Skelmersdale, WN8 6TN Inspected: 27 April 2023 Little Digmoor Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Abbeystead, Skelmersdale, WN8 9NF St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Blakehall, Skelmersdale, WN8 9AZ Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Birkrig, Digmoor, Skelmersdale, WN8 9BN Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary School Primary 2.2 miles School Lane, Westhead, Ormskirk, L40 6HL Upholland Children's Centre 2.7 miles Mill Lane, Upholland, Skelmersdale, WN8 0HH St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.8 miles College Road, Up Holland, Upholland, WN8 0PY Inspected: 03 July 2024 Rainford High School Secondary 3.1 miles Higher Lane, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8NY Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Rufford Road, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8JX Ormskirk School Secondary 3.3 miles Wigan Road, Ormskirk, L39 2AT Rainford CofE Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Cross Pit Lane, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8AJ Up Holland High School Secondary 3.5 miles Oxhouse Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7AL Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy Primary 3.7 miles Finch Lane, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9DT Orrell Holgate Academy Primary 3.7 miles Moor Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8SJ Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School Primary 4 miles Colburne Close, School Lane, Ormskirk, L40 4AE Inspected: 21 March 2023 St Bede's Catholic High School Secondary 4.2 miles Prescot Road, Ormskirk, L39 4TA Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy Primary 4.5 miles Macdonald Street, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 0AW