Shaftesbury High School
Special / other · Chorley · PR7 3NQ
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 29 October 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
106 pupils · 82% of 130 capacity
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 61.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 41.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.8% of pupils
- Website
- www.shaftesbury.lancs.sch.uk
- URN
- 134130
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% 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
- 23 April 2025: Standards maintained
- 29 October 2019: Good
- 20 November 2018: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.