St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Chorley, Lancashire·PR7 3QG
Composite score
24.7
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#14,049
National rank
#2168
In North West
#424
In Lancashire
Top 95%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
38%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
88
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720220.8320230.8620240.8220250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
204
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,684
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley at a glance

Located in Chorley, Lancashire, St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 204 pupils aged 5 to 11. 38% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 20.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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