Primary
Buckshaw Primary School
Chancery Road, Astley Village, Chorley, PR7 1XP
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 210 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 22.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.0
- Pupils
- 224
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
43%
21 points below the Chorley average (64% across 40 schools)
103.0
2.9 below the Chorley average (105.9 across 40 schools)
33rd of 40 by our score, among the primary schools in Chorley we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 43% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 32% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Chancery Road, Astley Village, Chorley, PR7 1XP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sarah Price
- Address
- Chancery Road, Astley Village, Chorley, PR7 1XP
- Telephone
- 01257418862
Other primary schools nearby
- Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School6.6/10
- Balshaw Lane Community Primary School6.1/10
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley4.7/10
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley6.7/10
- Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village6.5/10
- Gillibrand Primary School6.5/10