Burscough Priory Academy, Ormskirk

In 2026, pupils at Burscough Priory Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

38% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is down from 48.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.23: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 43.1, against 42.6 for other pupils at the school.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 108 families put Burscough Priory Academy as their first choice and 346 named it as one of their preferences, for 130 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Burscough Priory Academy are Ormskirk School (2.5 miles, Attainment 8 42.3); St Bede's Catholic High School (3.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54); Maharishi Free School (3.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.5); and Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School (3.5 miles).

Burscough Priory Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Burscough Priory Academy is one of 11 schools run by Endeavour Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 134 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 70% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

15.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Burscough Junction Rail Station, about 480 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Trevor Road (by), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 50 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).

In 2024/25, Burscough Priory Academy issued 157 suspensions, 22.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Burscough Priory Academy are Burscough Bridge Methodist School (0.1 miles), Burscough Village Primary School (0.3 miles), Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles) and Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.