Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School

About Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School

Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School is a state primary in Chorley, part of the Lancashire local authority. Among the 480 primary schools in the county, it ranks 227th, placing it just below the midpoint. The top-performing peers in the area are Crawford Village Primary School, New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School, and St George's Church of England Primary School in Chorley — the latter being the nearest school rated Outstanding, just 3.2 kilometres away. Adlington St Paul's itself holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous inspection in 2017, when it was judged Inadequate. The most recent graded inspection, in March 2023, awarded Good across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. With 164 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, the school is comfortably below full, though it was oversubscribed for 2025/26 entry, receiving 44 applications for 14 places.

Academically, the school's Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 61%, which sits just above the Lancashire local authority average of 60%. However, the school's ranking within Chorley for this metric places it 31st out of 46 schools, putting it in the bottom half locally. Nationally, it sits around the 53rd percentile. Individual subject results are stronger: 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, and 75% did so in maths, while writing lagged slightly at 71%. At the higher standard, 29% achieved in writing, 25% in maths, 21% in reading, and 18% across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 105 in both reading and maths. Progress scores are not available, so it is not possible to compare how pupils' gains stack up against similar pupils nationally.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including an ICT suite, library, gymnasium, sensory room, and a chapel, plus an outdoor playground. Sports on offer include football, cricket, rounders, swimming, and athletics, and clubs extend to drama, gardening, coding, and an eco club. SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, and physical disability. For families considering Adlington St Paul's, the oversubscription data is worth noting: for 2025/26, there were 14 first-preference applications for 14 places, but 44 total applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.14. This suggests strong local demand, though the school is not yet full overall. It is a Church of England school, and the headteacher is Andy Houghton. The school does not have a nursery or sixth form, and is not a boarding school.

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