Education
Skelmersdale has a number of primary schools, and has three high schools. These are Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School an Engineering College, Lathom High School a Technology College and Glenburn Sports College.
West Lancashire College has a campus in the centre of the town. The college merged with Newcastle College in 2007 and was recently graded as 'outstanding' in a recent OFSTED inspection.
There is a Transcendental Meditation movement community within Skelmersdale, called "European Sidhaland". It has a Maharishi School that has performed well in OFSTED and school league tables. In 2011, it was one of 24 schools that applied for and received government funding as a flagship free school.
Skelmersdale also is home to a large public library whose facilities include free internet access and an extensive local history section.
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