Community school · Lancashire

Buckshaw Primary School

2–11Ages
210Pupils
PrimaryPhase
119205URN

Chancery Road, Astley Village, Chancery Road, Chorley, PR7 1XP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

0.6 below Lancashire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

38 applications for 19 places · 306th of 366 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

43%met the expected standard

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 13 May 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.0applications per place, Reception

0.6 below Lancashire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

38 applications · 19 places offered · 17 named it first

2026 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2019 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
2018 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
2017 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.5
2016 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
2015 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
2014 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.4

This school
Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	19	38	2.0	17	0.89
Sep 2025	22	31	1.4	20	0.91
Sep 2024	17	32	1.9	17	1.00
Sep 2023	26	38	1.5	21	0.81
Sep 2022	28	49	1.8	27	0.96
Sep 2021	26	43	1.7	23	0.88
Sep 2020	30	51	1.7	20	0.67
Sep 2019	30	62	2.1	29	0.97
Sep 2018	30	69	2.3	27	0.90
Sep 2017	30	86	2.9	33	1.10
Sep 2016	30	71	2.4	28	0.93
Sep 2015	30	77	2.6	22	0.73
Sep 2014	30	42	1.4	15	0.50

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 64% · Writing 46% · Maths 61% → all three 43% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard43%373rd of 444 in Lancashire

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard64%

Lancashire 77% England 78%

Higher standard29%

Lancashire 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard46%

Lancashire 74% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Lancashire 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard61%

Lancashire 76% England 77%

Higher standard21%

Lancashire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	43%	11%	103	103
2023/24	52%	0%	102	102
2022/23	32%	0%	101	99

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Buckshaw Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School
1.0 km · Lancashire

Standards maintained2025

2.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Balshaw Lane Community Primary School
1.2 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley
1.2 km · Lancashire

2026

3.7applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley
1.6 km · Lancashire

Good2023

2.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village
1.8 km · Lancashire

Good2022

1.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Gillibrand Primary School
1.8 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.1applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley
1.9 km · Lancashire

Good2022

2.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Highfield Community Primary School
1.9 km · Lancashire

Good2019

2.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 119205 · 888/2146
Capacity: 210 pupils · 210 on roll
Free school meals: 31.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Chancery Road, Astley Village, Chancery Road, Chorley, PR7 1XP
Local authority: Lancashire · Chorley

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources