Trinity Church of England/Methodist School, Skelmersdale
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Skelmersdale. It has a Church of England/Methodist religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in October 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 16th-highest of the 18 schools in Skelmersdale with published results, and 13,056th of 14,452 across England. It was 94% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2015)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Lancashire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School in detail
Results
In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School reached the expected standard in reading and 59% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 77% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School
For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Trinity Church of England/Methodist School as their first choice and 74 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Trinity Church of England/Methodist School are Crow Orchard Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 50% reading, 63% maths); Brookfield Park Primary School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 81% reading, 86% maths); and St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 64% reading, 75% maths).
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Crow Orchard Primary SchoolSt Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolBrookfield Park Primary SchoolSt Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale
What parents say
18 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Trinity Church of England/Methodist School (as of September 2025): 94% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (75%).
Who goes there
10.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 42 pupils (16.4%) received SEN support and 18 (7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Rainford Rail Station, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Willow Drive (opposite), 80 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Trinity Church of England/Methodist School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Trinity Church of England/Methodist School issued 6 suspensions, 2.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Trinity Church of England/Methodist School are Lathom High School : A Technology College (0.7 miles), Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School (0.8 miles) and Maharishi Free School (1.4 miles).
Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeOur Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High SchoolMaharishi Free School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from October 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Trinity School creates a happy, supportive environment where children work hard and behave well from age two onwards. The school excels at teaching reading through skilled phonics instruction and provides excellent support for parents at home. Staff receive strong training that helps them teach subjects well, and the school is particularly effective at helping pupils with additional needs access the same curriculum as their peers.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with effective phonics teaching that helps pupils become fluent readers by the end of Year 2
- Ambitious curriculum for all pupils including those with SEND, with well-chosen resources and effective systems to identify individual needs
- Excellent behaviour and attendance, with clear routines creating calm classrooms where pupils feel happy and safe
- High-quality staff training helps teachers connect learning across subjects in most areas
- Strong personal development programmes building pupils' confidence, resilience and understanding of being good citizens
Areas for Improvement
- In a small number of subjects, teachers lack the subject knowledge needed to deliver the curriculum as intended
- Some learning activities in these subjects do not enable pupils to learn and remember the important knowledge effectively, limiting the development of deep knowledge
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created a positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Debate club, chess, cookery, community litter-picks, charitable fundraising (Uganda), breakfast club, after-school provision
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is a primary school that has maintained good standards since its previous inspection. The school holds high ambition for all pupils, including those with special educational needs, and provides a range of enrichment opportunities.
At a Glance
32.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
18 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 77% to 59% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 73% to 59% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 77% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
29.0
Avg class size
27.0
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
7
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Before and after school care
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Lancashire
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Trinity Church of England/Methodist School.
- Include Me 2 West Lancashire480m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is a voluntary controlled school, so its term dates are set by Lancashire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is in Lancashire; for families living there:
- Lancashire's school travel policy: school transport policies
- How to apply: Apply for free home to school transport assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
198 pupils
210 places
12 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Skelmersdale
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Skelmersdale
Across Lancashire council
Places available
15,442
Applications
12,122
Got 1st preference
91.3%
Got preferred school
98.3%
All primary applications across Lancashire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(6)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
42
SEN Support
18
EHC Plans
23.4%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
256
Total Pupils
116
Boys
140
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
12
Teachers
21.3:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£51,449
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,952
Per pupil
£1396k
Total funding
£124k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.2%
Overall absence
12.4%
Persistent absence
177
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
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Questions parents ask about Trinity Church of England/Methodist School
What are SATs results like at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
Of the pupils at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 59% reached the expected standard in reading and 59% did so in maths.
What is Trinity Church of England/Methodist School's Ofsted rating?
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in October 2015, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
No fixed boundary. When Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is oversubscribed, Lancashire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School was not full in 2025: it ran at 94% of its 210 places.
How big are the classes at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
Classes at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School average 29 pupils (2025/26). 3 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School has around 256 pupils on roll. 33% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
5.2% of sessions were missed at Trinity Church of England/Methodist School in 2024/25. 12.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
Apply through Lancashire's coordinated admissions process, naming Trinity Church of England/Methodist School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Trinity Church of England/Methodist School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Trinity Church of England/Methodist School: Include Me 2 West Lancashire (480m away, registered, not yet graded).
What are Trinity Church of England/Methodist School's term dates?
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is a voluntary controlled school, so its term dates are set by Lancashire. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Trinity Church of England/Methodist School?
Trinity Church of England/Methodist School is at Kiln Lane, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8PW.
Sources: Lancashire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)