What did Ofsted judge Maharishi Free School's quality of education to be?

Ofsted judged Maharishi Free School's quality of education as Good at its inspection in July 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Maharishi Free School?

Maharishi Free School has 229 pupils on roll.

What ages does Maharishi Free School take?

Maharishi Free School admits pupils aged 4 to 16.

Where is Maharishi Free School located?

Maharishi Free School is located in Ormskirk, L40 6JJ, Lancashire.

How do I apply to Maharishi Free School?

Maharishi Free School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing dates are 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places.

How are Reception places decided at Maharishi Free School?

When Maharishi Free School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after / previously looked after children — Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Siblings — Where the applicant is considered a sibling of a child enrolled at the School at the time of application (sibling, half-sibling, adopted sibling or foster sibling, as long as they are living with the same family at the same permanent address); 3. Children of staff — Children of any staff permanently employed in either or both of the following circumstances: a. where the member of staff has been employed at the School for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post in the School for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage for the requirements of the post, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 20 places at this entry point. Tie-break: The distance and random draw allocation measures in d) will be used as a tie-breaker for earlier criteria should any of those criteria be oversubscribed. Tied distances (e.g. twins or the same block of flats) are decided by random draw.

What is the largest ethnic background at Maharishi Free School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 88.2% of pupils at Maharishi Free School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Maharishi Free School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after / previously looked after children — Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Siblings — Where the applicant is considered a sibling of a child enrolled at the School at the time of application (sibling, half-sibling, adopted sibling or foster sibling, as long as they are living with the same family at the same permanent address).
3Children of staff — Children of any staff permanently employed in either or both of the following circumstances: a. where the member of staff has been employed at the School for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post in the School for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage for the requirements of the post.
4Proximity and random draw — Where having applied the above criteria, and allocated places to the children satisfying those criteria, there remain places available, 50% (rounded up) of the places remaining will be allocated in order of proximity of the child’s permanent address to the School’s address, with the most proximate first. The remaining 50% of places (rounded down) will be allocated by a random draw.

If two applications tie: The distance and random draw allocation measures in d) will be used as a tie-breaker for earlier criteria should any of those criteria be oversubscribed. Tied distances (e.g. twins or the same block of flats) are decided by random draw.

Document covers all-through school (Reception to Year 11) but only publishes an explicit admission number (20) for Year R (Reception). The same over-subscription criteria are stated to apply to in-year admissions to other year groups, but no PAN is given for those year groups.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Maharishi Free School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Maharishi Free School's quality of education to be?: Ofsted judged Maharishi Free School's quality of education as Good at its inspection in July 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Maharishi Free School?: Maharishi Free School has 229 pupils on roll.
What ages does Maharishi Free School take?: Maharishi Free School admits pupils aged 4 to 16.
Where is Maharishi Free School located?: Maharishi Free School is located in Ormskirk, L40 6JJ, Lancashire.
How do I apply to Maharishi Free School?: Maharishi Free School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing dates are 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places.
How are Reception places decided at Maharishi Free School?: When Maharishi Free School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after / previously looked after children — Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Siblings — Where the applicant is considered a sibling of a child enrolled at the School at the time of application (sibling, half-sibling, adopted sibling or foster sibling, as long as they are living with the same family at the same permanent address); 3. Children of staff — Children of any staff permanently employed in either or both of the following circumstances: a. where the member of staff has been employed at the School for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post in the School for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage for the requirements of the post, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 20 places at this entry point. Tie-break: The distance and random draw allocation measures in d) will be used as a tie-breaker for earlier criteria should any of those criteria be oversubscribed. Tied distances (e.g. twins or the same block of flats) are decided by random draw.
What is the largest ethnic background at Maharishi Free School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 88.2% of pupils at Maharishi Free School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Maharishi Free School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after / previously looked after children — Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Siblings — Where the applicant is considered a sibling of a child enrolled at the School at the time of application (sibling, half-sibling, adopted sibling or foster sibling, as long as they are living with the same family at the same permanent address).
3Children of staff — Children of any staff permanently employed in either or both of the following circumstances: a. where the member of staff has been employed at the School for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post in the School for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage for the requirements of the post.
4Proximity and random draw — Where having applied the above criteria, and allocated places to the children satisfying those criteria, there remain places available, 50% (rounded up) of the places remaining will be allocated in order of proximity of the child’s permanent address to the School’s address, with the most proximate first. The remaining 50% of places (rounded down) will be allocated by a random draw.

Maharishi Free School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Maharishi Free School's quality of education to be?: Ofsted judged Maharishi Free School's quality of education as Good at its inspection in July 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Maharishi Free School?: Maharishi Free School has 229 pupils on roll.
What ages does Maharishi Free School take?: Maharishi Free School admits pupils aged 4 to 16.
Where is Maharishi Free School located?: Maharishi Free School is located in Ormskirk, L40 6JJ, Lancashire.
How do I apply to Maharishi Free School?: Maharishi Free School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing dates are 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places.
How are Reception places decided at Maharishi Free School?: When Maharishi Free School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after / previously looked after children — Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Siblings — Where the applicant is considered a sibling of a child enrolled at the School at the time of application (sibling, half-sibling, adopted sibling or foster sibling, as long as they are living with the same family at the same permanent address); 3. Children of staff — Children of any staff permanently employed in either or both of the following circumstances: a. where the member of staff has been employed at the School for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post in the School for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage for the requirements of the post, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 20 places at this entry point. Tie-break: The distance and random draw allocation measures in d) will be used as a tie-breaker for earlier criteria should any of those criteria be oversubscribed. Tied distances (e.g. twins or the same block of flats) are decided by random draw.
What is the largest ethnic background at Maharishi Free School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 88.2% of pupils at Maharishi Free School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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