Primary
Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School
Withington Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5LU
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 103 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.7
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 6.7
- Pupils per adult
- 13.2
- Pupils
- 89
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 March 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
November 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
SATs results
69%
5 points above the Chorley average (64% across 40 schools)
106.0
0.1 above the Chorley average (105.9 across 40 schools)
15th 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 | 109 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 69% |
| Working at a higher standard | 8% |
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 | 71% |
| 23/24 | 71% |
| 24/25 | 69% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
Withington Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5LU
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
- Alan Brindle
- Address
- Withington Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5LU
- Telephone
- 01257451365
Other primary schools nearby
- Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School6.4/10
- Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School6.4/10
- Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary SchoolNot enough data
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull5.7/10
- Eccleston Primary School7.6/10
- St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley3.7/10