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Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School

URN
119463
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School
URN
119463
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

80 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

80

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

72

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of primary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#68 of 353 schools in Lancashire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
28 April 2026
Inspection date
10 February 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Inclusion

    Expected standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

24

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

56

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

24

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.33×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Lancashire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Lancashire)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.charnockrichard.lancs.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Lancashire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

92.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

85.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

92.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

77.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

PR7 5NA - Church Lane, Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Church Lane, Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lancashire
Postcode
PR7 5NA
Phone
1257791490
Website
http://www.charnockrichard.lancs.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Lancashire
Local authority code
888

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 1,046 schools in Lancashire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

1,046

Open schools

702

Closed schools

340

Primary schools

622

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Expected standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Achievement

    Strong standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Strong standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Strong standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Expected standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Early years

    Expected standard
  • View official Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)

    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 April 202610 February 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 28 April 2026
    16 January 202217 November 2021S5 InspectionSchool remains GoodView report for inspection published 16 January 2022
    • Report card

      Published
      28 April 2026
      Inspected
      10 February 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      16 January 2022
      Inspected
      17 November 2021
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    42.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 24

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    159

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary622 (61.4%)
    • Secondary159 (15.7%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other232 (22.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Coppull Primary School and Nursery1.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School1.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Southlands High School1.7 kmSecondaryOpen
    Southlands High School1.7 kmSecondaryClosed
    St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull1.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit2.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Gillibrand Primary School2.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Gillibrand Primary School2.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School2.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley2.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Coppull Primary School and Nursery
      Distance
      1.6 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      1.6 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Southlands High School
      Distance
      1.7 km
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Southlands High School
      Distance
      1.7 km
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Lancashire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbey Village Primary SchoolPrimaryPR6 8DDOpen
    Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryBB5 2AQOpen
    Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryBB5 2AQClosed
    Accrington Huncoat Primary SchoolPrimaryBB5 6LRClosed
    Accrington Huncoat Primary SchoolPrimaryBB5 6LROpen
    • Abbey Village Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      PR6 8DD
      Status
      Open
    • Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      BB5 2AQ
      Status
      Open
    • Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      BB5 2AQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Accrington Huncoat Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      BB5 6LR
      Status
      Closed
    St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit
    Distance
    2.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Gillibrand Primary School
    Distance
    2.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Gillibrand Primary School
    Distance
    2.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School
    Distance
    2.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley
    Distance
    2.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Accrington Huncoat Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    BB5 6LR
    Status
    Open