Waterloo LodgeChorley Astley Park School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Chorley.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Waterloo Lodge and Chorley Astley Park School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Chorley Astley Park School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Waterloo Lodge versus Chorley Astley Park School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Waterloo Lodge	ChorleyChorley Astley Park School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection		Ofsted: Outstanding
School type	Other independent special school	Community special school
Age range	9-18	4-16
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	41	161
Capacity	55	176
Location	PR6 7AX	Chorley, PR7 1JZ
GCSE results
Attainment 8	7.2	Not reported	46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths	0.0%	Not reported	45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	11.1%	Not reported	64.8%
Entering EBacc	0.0%	Not reported	40.5%
EBacc average point score	0.20	Not reported	4.09
Cohort	18	11
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	Not reported	0.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	Not reported	0.0%	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	43	164
Free school meals (ever 6)	0.0%	33.5%
English as an additional language	Not reported	4.3%
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	Not reported	7.9%	6.2%
Persistent absence	Not reported	17.3%	15.8%

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.