Highfield Community Primary School
Wright Street, Chorley, PR6 0SP
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Highfield Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Proctor
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 245
- URN
- 119204
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Highfield Community Primary School was a community primary school in Chorley. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 245 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Highfield Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 40 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.60 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.70 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Highfield Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 246 |
| 2023/24 | 245 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Highfield Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.1% | 40.4% | 245 | — |
| Highfield Community Primary School | 64% | 3.8% | 40.3% | 234 | 0.0 miles |
| Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School | 58% | 3.6% | 18.8% | 229 | 0.2 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley | 67% | 5% | 19.9% | 157 | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley | 62% | 5.5% | 27.3% | 289 | 0.4 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley | 74% | 4.4% | 29.9% | 219 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.4%
- English as an additional language
- 31%
- Overall absence
- 5.1%
- Persistent absence
- 11.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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Highfield Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Chorley
-
Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Chorley
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley0.4 miles
Primary · Chorley
-
St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley0.4 miles
Primary · Chorley
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley0.5 miles
Primary · Chorley
Other schools in Chorley
- Abbey Village Primary School Primary
- Adlington Primary School Primary
- Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Balshaw Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School Primary
- Buckshaw Primary School Primary
- Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit Primary
- Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School Primary
- Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Highfield Community Primary School teach?
- Highfield Community Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Chorley.
- Has Highfield Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Highfield Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Highfield Community Primary School?
- Highfield Community Primary School had 245 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Highfield Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Highfield Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Highfield Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.