West Lancashire Community High School
School Name: West Lancashire Community High School Address: School Lane, Chapel House Town/City: Skelmersdale County: Lancashire Postcode: WN8 8EH Country: 100012821585 Telephone Number: 01695 721487 Website: http://www.westlancs.lancs.sch.uk
Phase: Ages 11-19 Type: Community special school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 2006
Head Teacher: Mr Lee Fazackerley
Capacity: 125
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 20 January 2022:
Number of pupils: 122 (70% boys & 30% girls)
Enrollment: 98% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 32.5%
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
URN: 131258
DfE Number: 888/7116
UKPRN: 10017855
Region: North West (E12000002)
District: West Lancashire (E07000127)
Constituency: West Lancashire (E14001033)
Electoral Ward: Skelmersdale South (E05005375)
Easting & Northing: 346766E, 406707N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 33' 17.69" N 2° 48' 17.6" W
Plus Code: 9C5VH53W+X2
DfE Record: View record
- Brookfield Park Primary School (0.2km)
- Kingsbury Primary Special School (0.3km)
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale (0.6km)
- Trinity Church of England/Methodist School (0.7km)
- Crow Orchard Primary School (1.0km)
- Lathom High School : A Technology College (1.2km)
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (1.2km)
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College (1.3km)
- Cobbs Brow School (1.6km)
- Maharishi Free School (2.3km)
Predecessor school†
- Mrs Joan Bill - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 21 June 2021 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 20 June 2025.
- Ms Ursula Clarkson - Governor. Appointed on 3 December 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 2 December 2026.
- Mrs Louise Holcroft - Governor. Appointed on 3 April 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 3 April 2026.
- Mr Steve Jones - Governor. Appointed on 4 December 2019 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 3 December 2023.
- Ms Elizabeth Ord - Governor. Appointed on 2 December 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 2 December 2026.
- Miss Emilia Scott - Governor. Appointed on 13 March 2020 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 12 March 2024.
- Mr Jeffrey Seddon - Governor. Appointed on 1 January 2023 (Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates). Term runs until 31 December 2027.
- Mr Matthew Tedford - Governor. Appointed on 4 May 2020 (Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates). Term runs until 3 May 2024.
- Mr Matthew Williams - Governor. Appointed on 20 May 2022 (Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates). Term runs until 19 May 2026.