Schools in Chorley

About schools in Chorley

Most of the 54 schools listed in Chorley are primary schools. Its five secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another six schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

63%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 42 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

49.3

average Attainment 8 score, across the 5 schools with published results

Nursery schools2

• Duke Street Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Highfield Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 0 to 5

Primary schools40

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Abbey Village Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Adlington Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 5 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Balshaw Lane Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Buckshaw Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  42%

  expected standard
• Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Coppull Primary School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Duke Street Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  38%

  expected standard
• Eccleston Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Gillibrand Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Highfield Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Bede's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Chad's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  38%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• St. Mary's Catholic Primary School Euxton

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Westwood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Withnell Fold Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  42%

  expected standard

Secondary schools5

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Albany Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  43.7

  Attainment 8
• Holy Cross Catholic High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  55.0

  Attainment 8
• Parklands High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  44.4

  Attainment 8
• Southlands High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  42.1

  Attainment 8
• St Michael's Church of England High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  58.9

  Attainment 8

Special schools and alternative provision6

• Chorley Astley Park School

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 16

• Mayfield School

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 19

• Meadow View Learning Centre

  Other independent special school · Ages 8 to 18

• Oliver House School

  Other independent special school · Ages 6 to 19

• Shaftesbury High School

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 11 to 16

• Westmorland School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 16

Other establishments1

• Lancashire College of Adult Education

  Miscellaneous · Ages 16 to 99

Common questions about schools in Chorley

How many schools are in Chorley?

OfferDay lists 54 schools in Chorley, including 40 primary schools and six special and alternative provision schools.

Who inspects schools in Chorley?

Every school in Chorley is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Chorley?

OfferDay ranks schools in Chorley where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 28 July 2026.