Schools in Chorley[1]

Local authority district E07000118 · 72 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 70 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 9 (13%)[4]
second 20%: 12 (17%)[4]
middle 20%: 8 (11%)[4]
fourth 20%: 19 (27%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 22 (31%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	10%[4]	20%[4]	9%[4]	26%[4]	36%[4]
Employment	16%[4]	19%[4]	13%[4]	29%[4]	24%[4]
Education and skills	7%[4]	20%[4]	13%[4]	16%[4]	44%[4]
Health and disability	19%[4]	29%[4]	24%[4]	20%[4]	9%[4]
Crime	11%[4]	21%[4]	20%[4]	24%[4]	23%[4]
Housing and services	7%[4]	14%[4]	17%[4]	31%[4]	30%[4]
Living environment	14%[4]	14%[4]	24%[4]	26%[4]	21%[4]
Children in low-income families	10%[4]	17%[4]	11%[4]	21%[4]	40%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 72.1% of 50,118 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 33.8% of 96,345 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 13.7% of 96,358 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Albany Academy	11–16[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8]
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy	11–16[2]	A8 56 2025/26[8]
Holy Cross Catholic High School	11–16[2]	A8 55 2025/26[8]
Parklands High School	11–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]
Rivington and Blackrod High School	11–18[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Southlands High School	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
St Michael's Church of England High School	11–16[2]	A8 61 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (50)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abbey Village Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Adlington Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Anderton Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Balshaw Lane Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Brindle Gregson Lane Primary School	4–11[2]
Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Buckshaw Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Clayton Brook Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 32% 2024/25[10]
Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Coppull Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Duke Street Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Eccleston Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Gillibrand Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Highfield Community Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 100% 2024/25[10]
Rivington Foundation Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Bede's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
St Chad's Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley	4–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley	5–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton	5–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brindle	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School Euxton	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village	5–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Westwood Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Withnell Fold Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[10]

Special schools and alternative provision (13)

School	Ages	Headline results
Cambian Red Rose School	5–18[2]
Chorley Astley Park School	4–16[2]
Cumberland School	7–18[2]
Mayfield House School	6–16[2]
Mayfield School	4–19[2]
Meadow View Learning Centre	8–18[2]
Oliver House School	6–19[2]
Progress School	7–19[2]
Rainbow Hub School	4–16[2]
Roselyn House School	10–19[2]
Shaftesbury High School	11–16[2]
Waterloo Lodge	9–18[2]
Westmorland School	5–16[2]

Nursery schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Duke Street Nursery School	2–5[2]
Highfield Nursery School	0–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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