St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton, Chorley

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

Want to chat? The Schools Guide's AI consultant is here to help

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton

Rothwell Road, Anderton, Chorley PR6 9LZ

https://www.st-josephs-anderton.lancs.sch.uk/

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton is a Roman Catholic primary school maintained by the local authority (Lancashire). It has about 170 boys and girls aged between 5 and 11. In February 2020 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Attendance, Representation, Finances and Admissions. Relative weaknesses include Disadvantaged pupils and Progress.

The school's overall score (out of 100) is given below. Coloured segments show the contributions of each indicator, explained in more detail below. Hover over the segments for details. Personalise the score by clicking on the button to set your own priorities.

Choose what matters most to you with the menus below. By default, all indicators are set to ‘Relevant’ and are weighted equally in calculating overall scores for each school. Choose ‘Important’ for higher priorities and ‘Unimportant’ or ‘Ignore’ for lower priorities.

Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore

Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.2		Anderton Primary School
0.3		Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School
0.6		Adlington Primary School
1.2		Rivington Foundation Primary School
1.6		Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School
2.0		Beacon Primary School
2.1		St Catherine's CofE Primary School
2.2		St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley
2.3		Blackrod Primary School
2.4		Horwich Parish CofE Primary School
2.5		St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley
2.6		Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.

Representation: In balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both in balance with the local community.

Finances: Excellent. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Admissions: Above average. The occupancy rate is quite low and the offer rate is quite high.

Environment: About average. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all roughly average.

Attainment: About average. Maths attainment is about average, reading is below average and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is above average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Progress: Below average. Progress in maths is about average, in reading it is poor and in writing it is about average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Disadvantaged pupils: Below average. Progress in maths is poor. Progress in reading is about average. Progress in writing is below average.

If you are from this school and have a comment or correction then please write to us: [email protected]