Voluntary aided school · Primary
CHORLEY · PR6 7PS · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119679
St Chad's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Chorley · PR6 8LL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
139
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Chorley, Lancashire, 139 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 2.2%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Liverpool.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119679
Location
- Address
- South Hill, Blackburn Road
- Postcode
- PR6 8LL
- Town
- Chorley
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 139
- Boys / girls
- 78 / 61
- School capacity
- 157
- Capacity fill
- 139 / 157 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 2.2%
- FSM pupils
- 3
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr John Riley
- Telephone
- 01257264480
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-09-27
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 65%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 15%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
3.6%
Persistent absence
3.4%
Unauthorised
1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 2.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 119
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 4.1% · Persistent 5.9%
- 2021/22
- Overall 6.4% · Persistent 13.7%