Maharishi Free School
Cobbs Brow Lane, Ormskirk, L40 6JJ
229 pupils · 95% of 240 capacity
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- MAHARISHI SCHOOL TRUST LTD
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 19.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 July 2025, published 25 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 50% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 55% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 80% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 90% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.11 first-choice applications per place (primary entry, Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 18 | 20 | 35 | 18 |
| Sept 2026 entry | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 20 | 22 | 41 | 20 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 13 | 13 | 33 | 13 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 18 | 17 | 32 | 18 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- LIPA School 22.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Liverpool College 23 km · Outstanding (2019) · previous system
- Bolton St Catherine's Academy 26.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- The Grange School 26.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Birkenhead High School Academy 27 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Armfield Academy 30 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.