Graded inspection · Mar 2025 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
- 11 March 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 22 November 2023Ungraded 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 entry37 applications · 18 places offered · 19 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 5.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 4.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 3.2; 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 | 18 | 37 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 11 | 39 | 3.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 12 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2019 | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 19 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 11 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 77% · Writing 69% · Maths 85% → all three 69% 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 | 69% | 8% | 106 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 14% | 109 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 0% | 106 | 105 |
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
- Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · LancashireStandards maintained20255.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LancashireImproved significantly20255.5applications per place
- 2.4 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Lancashire202645%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Lancashire20261.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · LancashireGood20233.3applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119475 · 888/3409
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 103 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Withington Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5LU
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Chorley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources