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The Acorns School

Alternative provisionAges 11–16Pupil referral unit

Ormskirk, L39 4QX · Lancashire local authority

Ormskirk’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of towns in England

How full
74 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
65%
65 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Acorns School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 65% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (L39 4) sold for a median £250,500; Ormskirk’s is £265,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

67 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
44.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
16.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
64.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 40%Boys 60%
Its letter

No letter for The Acorns School

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Acorns School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in L39 4, the school’s postcode sector

Ormskirk property prices →
£250,500
median sale, 206 sales in 36 months · Ormskirk £265,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025L39 4Ormskirk
L39 4Ormskirk

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£450K
Semi-detached
£258K
Terraced
£190K
Flat
£151K
L39 4Ormskirk

Homes in L39 4 sell for a little under Ormskirk’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC−A+C+CAA−CThe Acorns School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ormskirk, L39 4QX

The Acorns School: common questions

What is The Acorns School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near The Acorns School?

Homes in its postcode sector, L39 4, sold for a median £250,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (206 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ormskirk’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.