Primary
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell
Bury Lane, Withnell, Chorley, PR6 8SD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 92 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.2
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 9.8
- Pupils per adult
- 10.0
- Pupils
- 98
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 December 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
71%
7 points above the Chorley average (64% across 40 schools)
107.0
1.1 above the Chorley average (105.9 across 40 schools)
2nd 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 | 107 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 71% |
| Working at a higher standard | 14% |
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 | 83% |
| 23/24 | 79% |
| 24/25 | 71% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 111.0 |
| 23/24 | 111.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
Bury Lane, Withnell, Chorley, PR6 8SD
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
- Katie Cunliffe
- Address
- Bury Lane, Withnell, Chorley, PR6 8SD
- Telephone
- 01254830400