St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell
Ofsted: OutstandingVoluntary aided school · Primary
Chorley · PR6 8SD · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS283%
- Absence3.5%
- FSM7.6%
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 119307
Abbey Village Primary School
Community school · Chorley · PR6 8DD
Ages 4–11 · 52 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
67%
Overall absence
5.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-03-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)67%
Higher standard (RWM)17%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.5%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 5.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 47
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill44%
52 pupils · 119 places
- Pupils on roll
- 52
- Boys / girls
- 32 / 20
- School capacity
- 119
- Capacity fill
- 52 / 119 (44%)
- Free school meals
- 23.1%
- FSM pupils
- 12
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shelley Bennett
Location
- Address
- Bolton Road, Abbey Village
- Postcode
- PR6 8DD
- Town
- Chorley
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Chorley, Lancashire, 52 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 23.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary aided school · Primary
Darwen · BB3 0LX · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 4–11
- KS264%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM17.9%
1.3 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Chorley · PR6 8PT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence3.1%
- FSM5.5%
1.4 miles away
Withnell Fold Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Chorley · PR6 8BA · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS264%
- Absence3.6%
- FSM2.4%
1.9 miles away
Feniscowles Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Blackburn · BB2 5EG · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 4–11
- KS249%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM9.6%
1.9 miles away
St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB2 5EP · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 4–11
- KS281%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM5.6%
2.1 miles away
Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB2 5NX · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM21.4%
2.3 miles away
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementVoluntary aided school · Primary
Darwen · BB3 0HY · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 4–11
- KS225%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM33.7%
2.5 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shelley Bennett
- Telephone
- 01254830489