Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School

About Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School

Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School sits within Lancashire local authority, a mixed state primary for children aged 4 to 11 in Chorley. Among the 480 primary schools in the authority, it ranks 199th overall, placing it in the middle of the pack. Its local top-performing peers include Crawford Village Primary School, New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School, and St George’s Church of England Primary School, Chorley — all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. The school holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained consistently across its two most recent inspections, the most recent being an ungraded visit in 2023 that confirmed the school remains Good. Leadership and management were also judged Good in the last graded inspection. For families looking at the wider Lancashire landscape, the nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School, about 2.8 kilometres away.

Academically, Lancaster Lane’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show that 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined — slightly above the Lancashire local authority average of 60%. However, only 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects. In individual subjects, reading and writing both saw 74% of pupils meeting expectations, while maths was slightly lower at 71%. Average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 106 in maths, both a touch above the national benchmark of 100. The school’s ranking within Chorley places it 28th out of 46 primary schools, and nationally it sits in the 44th percentile. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it’s hard to say how much value the school adds beyond raw attainment. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 20.7%, which is above the national average and suggests a slightly more disadvantaged intake than many local primaries.

The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 59 applications for 23 places and 21 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.57. Facilities include playing fields, an outdoor playground, a library, art studios, a gymnasium, and a chapel. Sports on offer are athletics, football, cricket, gymnastics, and rounders, while clubs include drama, choir, film club, eco club, and chess. SEND provisions cover moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder — a reasonably broad offer for a primary of this size. With 203 pupils against a capacity of 210, the school is nearly full. It does not have a nursery or sixth form. This is a solid, well-regarded local primary that suits families in Chorley who want a Good-rated school with a strong sense of community and a decent range of extracurriculars, but who are comfortable with its middling academic ranking compared to the strongest peers nearby.

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