Balshaw Lane Community Primary School

Bredon Avenue, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6NS

Local ranking364th of 466 primary schools in Lancashire

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

420

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Balshaw Lane Community Primary School (URN 119312) since 1 January 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 23 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour & attitudes: Good
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership & management: Good
Early years: Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 57.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 5.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 76.0%
Writing (Expected): 78.0%
Maths (Expected): 67.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 73.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 103.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 101.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 103.0
Cohort Size: 63

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 402
Boys: 215 (53%)
Girls: 187 (47%)
Capacity: 420 (96% full)
SEND: 13.9%
FSM Eligible: 11.7%
EAL: 4.0%
SEN with EHC Plan: 2.7%
SEN Support: 11.2%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 23.4:1
Teachers (FTE): 17.2
Budget per Pupil: £5,361/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 4.3% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 6.9% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Does not apply
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 89.6%
White Other: 2.3%
Asian Other: 1.8%
Other: 1.5%
Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
Mixed Other: 1.0%
Asian Chinese: 1.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%

89.6%

White British

2.3%

White Other

1.8%

Asian Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01257278722

head@balshawlane.co.uk

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Bredon Avenue

Chorley, North West

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Administrative

URN: 150117
UKPRN: 10093301
Establishment No.: 2577
Trust: ASPIRATIONAL FUTURES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

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