Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

About Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School sits in a tricky spot when you compare its headline KS2 results against the Lancashire local authority average. The LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 60%, but Bretherton’s figure is 56% — four percentage points below the norm. That places the school 37th out of 46 primary schools in Chorley, firmly in the bottom half of the local rankings and in the bottom 50% nationally. The picture is more mixed when you look at individual subjects: 81% of pupils hit the expected standard in maths, which is solid, and the average maths score of 104 is respectable. Reading and writing expected rates are 75% and 63% respectively, so the combined figure is dragged down by the writing result, where no pupils achieved the higher standard at all. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 rated it Good overall, a step down from its previous Outstanding rating in 2012, but still a clean sweep of Good across all categories including behaviour, leadership and early years provision.

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