Graded inspection · Feb 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
- 25 February 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 5 February 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry69 applications · 29 places offered · 29 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 4.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 2.2; 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 | 29 | 69 | 2.4 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 28 | 61 | 2.2 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 60 | 2.4 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 24 | 53 | 2.2 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 24 | 57 | 2.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 29 | 72 | 2.5 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 23 | 54 | 2.4 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 23 | 55 | 2.4 | 24 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 | 21 | 46 | 2.2 | 19 | 0.90 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 71% · Writing 68% · Maths 74% → all three 65% 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 | 65% | 13% | 105 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 17% | 108 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 18% | 106 | 106 |
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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, AndertonThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · LancashireStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · LancashireGood20233.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · LancashireGood20232.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · LancashireImproved significantly20252.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · BoltonRemains Good20232.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · BoltonGood20231.6applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · LancashireOutstanding20232.5applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · Bolton20262.2applications per place 62%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
- 119668 · 888/3781
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 180 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Rothwell Road, Anderton, Chorley, PR6 9LZ
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Chorley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources