Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School
School Lane, Chorley, PR6 8PT
183 pupils · 87% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Methodist
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 5.5%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 23 January 2024, published 3 March 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 68% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 4% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 19 | 19 | 48 | 19 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 21 | 17 | 42 | 21 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 20 | 20 | 44 | 20 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 19 | 17 | 47 | 19 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 28 | 26 | 56 | 28 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 28 | 28 | 52 | 28 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 27 | 25 | 56 | 27 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 34 | 60 | 30 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell 1.3 km · Outstanding (2019) · previous system
- Withnell Fold Primary School 1.7 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Abbey Village Primary School 2.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 2.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School 4.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.