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St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull

URN
119675
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull
URN
119675
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

48 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

39

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

39

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very 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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  • 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.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
10 November 2024
Inspection date
24 September 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 10 November 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 10 November 2024

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very 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)

15

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

42

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

15

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.8×

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.st-oswalds.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 %

71.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

57.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

71.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

57.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

PR7 5DH - Spendmore Lane, Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire

Contact details

Address
Spendmore Lane, Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire
Postcode
PR7 5DH
Phone
1257791379
Website
http://www.st-oswalds.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.
  • Good

    Graded 10 November 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 10 November 2024

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 10 November 2024

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    Inspection history

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

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    10 November 202424 September 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 10 November 2024
    26 September 202122 June 2021-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 26 September 2021
    • Inspection

      Published
      10 November 2024
      Inspected
      24 September 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      26 September 2021
      Inspected
      22 June 2021
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    35.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 14

    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 Nursery469 mPrimaryOpen
    Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School957 mPrimaryOpen
    Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School1.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School2.4 kmPrimaryOpen
    Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School2.4 kmPrimaryOpen
    My Life Learning2.6 kmNot applicableOpen
    Southlands High School2.8 kmSecondaryOpen
    Southlands High School2.8 kmSecondaryClosed
    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington3.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Coppull Primary School and Nursery
      Distance
      469 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
      Distance
      957 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      1.2 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School
      Distance
      1.8 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Lancashire)

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      Postcode
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  • Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School
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    2.4 km
    Phase
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    Status
    Open
  • Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School
    Distance
    2.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
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  • My Life Learning
    Distance
    2.6 km
    Phase
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  • Southlands High School
    Distance
    2.8 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
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  • Southlands High School
    Distance
    2.8 km
    Phase
    Secondary
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    Closed
  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington
    Distance
    3.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
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  • Accrington Huncoat Primary School
    Phase
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    Postcode
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