Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School

Primary · Chorley · PR7 5NA

Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 February 2026 · report published 28 April 2026

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At a glance

196 pupils · 93% of 210 capacity

School type: Voluntary aided school
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 8.2% of pupils
English as additional language: 0.5% of pupils
SEN support: 21.3% of pupils
EHC plan: 2% of pupils
Website: http://www.charnockrichard.lancs.sch.uk
URN: 119463

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

24 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

77%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

15%

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

107

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

106

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

9.3%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

25.5

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,082

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

10 February 2026: Strong standard (report card inspection)
16 November 2021: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)
15 March 2016: Good (graded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Coppull Primary School and NurseryGood · Primary · 1.0 mi
Coppull Parish Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.0 mi
Southlands High SchoolRequires improvement · Secondary · 1.0 mi
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, CoppullGood · Primary · 1.1 mi
Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery UnitGood · Primary · 1.4 mi
Gillibrand Primary SchoolOutstanding · Primary · 1.4 mi
Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.4 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, ChorleyExpected standard · Primary · 1.5 mi

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