Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School
Primary · Chorley · PR7 5LU
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 22 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
103 pupils · 98% of 105 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 5.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 9.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- Website
- www.heskinpembertons.co.uk
- URN
- 119475
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.06 first-choice applications per place18 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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)
13 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% 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
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
- 11 March 2025: S5 Inspection
- 22 November 2023: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 22 November 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School
- Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School
- Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull
- Eccleston Primary School
- Rainbow Hub School
- St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley
- Coppull Primary School and Nursery