Buckshaw Primary School | Primary in Chorley | Ofsted & DfE

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

225

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

225

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

225

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 21/03/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLancashire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio23.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Buckshaw Primary School · Primary · Lancashire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

43%

-9pp

70%51%32%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 43%

RWM higher standard

11%

+11pp

11%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

64%

Reading higher standard

29%

Writing expected standard

46%

Writing higher standard

11%

Maths expected standard

61%

Maths higher standard

21%

Science expected standard

61%

SPAG expected standard

50%

SPAG higher standard

21%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

225

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

38%

SEN

21%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Chancery Road, Astley Village, Chorley, PR7 1XP

Local authority

Lancashire

Website

www.buckshaw.lancs.sch.uk/

Telephone

01257418862

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	43%	11%	64%	29%	46%	11%	61%	21%	61%	50%	103.0	103.0	102.0	—	—	—	21%	225
2023/24	52%	0%	64%	12%	58%	0%	64%	21%	67%	61%	102.0	102.0	102.0	—	—	—	18%	224
2022/23	32%	0%	50%	11%	54%	0%	50%	4%	61%	54%	101.0	99.0	101.0	-3.50	-2.90	-4.10	17%	233
2018/19	61%	10%	68%	26%	68%	13%	71%	26%	77%	65%	102.0	103.0	103.0	+0.80	+0.70	+1.00	33%	256
2017/18	70%	0%	74%	26%	74%	9%	70%	17%	78%	74%	104.0	102.0	102.0	+0.60	-0.20	-0.50	27%	250
2016/17	79%	0%	93%	36%	79%	11%	86%	25%	79%	71%	107.0	105.0	104.0	+3.70	+0.80	+2.50	27%	246

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	225	25.8	21%	8%	38%	5%	14%
2023/24	224	23.7	18%	10%	34%	5%	15%
2022/23	233	20.7	17%	11%	35%	6%	18%
2021/22	235	24.2	20%	11%	33%	7%	19%
2020/21	223	22.5	22%	12%	30%	—	—
2018/19	256	21.9	33%	12%	34%	4%	7%
2017/18	250	29.5	27%	12%	34%	4%	6%
2016/17	246	25.9	27%	11%	32%	4%	6%