Moorside Community Primary Academy School
Primary school in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Standards maintained (Mar 2025).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 3 March 2020, report published 18 May 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Since then: ungraded inspection
Inspected 19 March 2025, report published 1 May 2025.
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.
Next inspection: around March 2029
The last inspection was in March 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.2 milesHolland Moor Primary School
Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
- 0.3 milesBishop Martin Church of England Primary School
Not inspected yet
- 0.4 milesSt Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
- 0.6 milesHillside Community Primary School
Good (Jul 2024)
- 0.8 milesLittle Digmoor Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Oct 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.