St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Chorley, Lancashire·PR7 5DH
Composite score
37.1
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National rank
#1762
In North West
#356
In Lancashire
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 16 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
88
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,311
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull

St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull is a primary school in Chorley, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 88 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 21.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 110 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull their first choice was offered one of its 16 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull 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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