Primary
St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley
Ridley Lane, Mawdesley, Nr Ormskirk, L40 3PP
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 35 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.0
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 5.3
- Pupils per adult
- 8.3
- Pupils
- 44
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
45%
16 points below the Lancashire average (61% across 442 schools)
105.0
0.2 below the Lancashire average (105.2 across 442 schools)
406th of 446 by our score, among the primary schools in Lancashire we can score - 491 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 45% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 73% |
| 23/24 | 71% |
| 24/25 | 45% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Ridley Lane, Mawdesley, Nr Ormskirk, L40 3PP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Katie Laithwaite
- Address
- Ridley Lane, Mawdesley, Nr Ormskirk, L40 3PP
- Telephone
- 01704822216
Other primary schools nearby
- Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary School8.1/10
- Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School6.2/10
- Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School6.4/10
- Eccleston Primary School7.6/10
- Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School6.5/10
- Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary SchoolNot enough data