Community school · Primary
Chorley · PR6 7JR · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119478
Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school · CHORLEY · PR6 7PS
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
240
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- 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 4–11, in CHORLEY, Lancashire, 240 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 2.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
- Compare
- Compare
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Chorley · PR6 7EU · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.9 miles away
- Compare
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Chorley · PR7 7HZ · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
1.0 miles away
- Compare
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Chorley · PR6 7EB · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
1.2 miles away
- Compare
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Chorley · PR6 8LL · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
1.2 miles away
- Compare
Community school · Primary
Leyland · PR25 5TT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.3 miles away
- Compare
Community school · Primary
Chorley · PR5 8LS · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
1.3 miles away
- Compare
Community school · Primary
Preston · PR5 8HL · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.6 miles away
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119478
Location
- Address
- Preston Road, Whittle-le-Woods, Whittle-le-Woods Ce Primary School
- Postcode
- PR6 7PS
- Town
- CHORLEY
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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
- 240
- Boys / girls
- 117 / 123
- School capacity
- 242
- Capacity fill
- 240 / 242 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 2.9%
- FSM pupils
- 7
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Metcalfe
- Telephone
- 01257262732
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
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-11-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 86%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 20%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0