Buckshaw Primary School
Community schoolPrimaryAges 2–11Mixed
Chancery Road, Astley Village, Chancery Road, Chorley, PR7 1XP
Headteacher · Mrs Jennifer Woodcock
From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction
Key facts
Pupils210Capacity 210
OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 13 May 2025
Free school meals31.9%
Ofsted
Inspection on 13 May 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- Early yearsGood
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in LancashireApplications for September 2026
All 17 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered19
Applications38
First choice17
First-choice offers17
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School0.6 mi
- Balshaw Lane Community Primary School0.8 mi
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley0.8 mi
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley1.0 mi
- Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village1.1 mi