Highfield Community Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chorley, PR6 0SP
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School
Devonport Way, Chorley, PR6 0TE
Local ranking183rd of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
180
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 13 June 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 58.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 31
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 237
- Boys
- 114 (50%)
- Girls
- 115 (50%)
- Capacity
- 180 (127% full)
- SEND
- 19.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.8%
- EAL
- 10.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.9%
- SEN Support
- 13.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,913/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.8%
- Black African: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.0%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
78.5%
White British
4.2%
Asian Pakistani
3.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Devonport Way
Chorley, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119467
- UKPRN
- 10072065
- Establishment No.
- 3397
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