Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Chorley. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 22/06/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.8%, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Water Street, Chorley

School Information

Address: Water Street, Chorley, PR6 8NH
Website: www.brindle-st-james.lancs.sch.uk
Telephone: 01254852379
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Tracy Austin
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119462

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/06/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 70
Number of Pupils: 68
Number of Boys: 34
Number of Girls: 34

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.8% 4%
Persistent absence: SUPP% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: 0.1 Confidence interval -3.7 to 4
Writing
Well Below Average: -5.8 Confidence interval -9.4 to -2.3
Maths
Average: 2.1 Confidence interval -1.3 to 5.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:60%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:109
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Water Street , Brindle PR6 8NH 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Withnell Fold Primary School
Withnell Fold , Withnell PR6 8BA 		3out of 4 1,705 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Clayton Brook Primary School
Great Greens Lane , Bamber Bridge PR5 8HL 		3out of 4 2,147 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Westwood Primary School
Westwood Road , Clayton-le-Woods PR5 8LS 		3out of 4 2,152 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Preston Road , Clayton Green PR6 7EB 		3out of 4 2,286 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Progress School
Gough Lane , Bamber Bridge PR5 6AQ 		- not rated 1,913 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
Cambian Red Rose School
Meadow Lane , Bamber Bridge PR5 8LN 		- not rated 2,549 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Meadow View Learning Centre
150 Chorley Road , Withnell PR6 8BN 		- not rated 2,629 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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