St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton is a primary school located in Chorley. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's outcomes for pupils is outstanding, overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 23/11/2010. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing and progress in maths are average, progress in reading is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.4%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Rothwell Road, Chorley

School Information

Address: Rothwell Road, Chorley, PR6 9LZ
Website: www.st-josephs-anderton.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01257480598
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Fiona Brownsey
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119668

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 23/11/2010

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 188
Number of Boys: 86
Number of Girls: 102

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -3 Confidence interval -5.6 to -0.4
Writing
Average: 0.4 Confidence interval -2 to 2.8
Maths
Average: -1.4 Confidence interval -3.7 to 0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:59%
England Average:65%

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

School:27%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton
Rothwell Road , Anderton PR6 9LZ 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Anderton Primary School
Babylon Lane , PR6 9NN 		2out of 4 343 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Railway Road , Adlington PR6 9QZ 		1out of 4 595 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Adlington Primary School
Park Road , Adlington PR7 4JA 		3out of 4 1,225 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Rivington Foundation Primary School
Horrobin Lane , Rivington BL6 7SE 		4out of 4 2,052 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rivington and Blackrod High School
Rivington Lane , Horwich BL6 7RU 		3out of 4 3,232 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cumberland School
Rivington Lane , Rivington BL6 7RX 		- not rated 3,025 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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