Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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 |
Inspection history
- 12 March 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 7 July 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry42 applications · 13 places offered · 13 named it first
- 2026 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 5.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 5.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 2.8; 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 | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2020 | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 4 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2018 | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2016 | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 13 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 90% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lancashire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 80% | 20% | 108 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 14% | 114 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 17% | 106 | 101 |
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
- Abbey Village Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · LancashireStandards maintained20242.7applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Blackburn with Darwen20268.7applications per place 10%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LancashireGood20242.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · LancashireStandards maintained20255.6applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20232.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · Blackburn with DarwenStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenGood20233.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · Blackburn with DarwenRequires improvement20244.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119307 · 888/2565
- Capacity
- 119 pupils · 52 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Bolton Road, Abbey Village, Chorley, PR6 8DD
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Chorley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources