Eccleston Primary School
Community primary school in Chorley (Lancashire).
KS2 RWM expected
88%
▲ 26pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
94%
▲ 19pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
97%
▲ 23pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
88%
▲ 16pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
96.3%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
22.8
▲ 2.1 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
7.8%
▼ 17pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
97%
204 / 210 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Lancashire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 3.7% | joint 14,198th highest of 16,262 (33 schools have the same figure) | 371st highest of 472 |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 0.6% | joint 15,123rd highest of 16,262 (56 schools have the same figure) | joint 431st highest of 472 (4 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 0.5% | joint 9,258th highest of 16,268 (165 schools have the same figure) | joint 264th highest of 472 (7 schools have the same figure) |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 2.4 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 7.8% | joint 14,604th highest of 16,710 (62 schools have the same figure) | joint 396th highest of 481 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 13.2% | joint 13,809th highest of 16,706 (75 schools have the same figure) | joint 357th highest of 481 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 11.3% | joint 12,488th highest of 16,706 (80 schools have the same figure) | joint 315th highest of 481 (4 schools have the same figure) |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 2% | joint 13,223rd highest of 16,706 (324 schools have the same figure) | joint 369th highest of 481 (12 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 8.0 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 9 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 7.0 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 26.1 | joint 1,072nd highest of 16,147 (49 schools have the same figure) | 27th highest of 468 |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 13.7 | joint 1,605th highest of 16,163 (121 schools have the same figure) | joint 44th highest of 469 (5 schools have the same figure) |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 0% | joint 13,146th highest of 16,165 (3,020 schools have the same figure) | joint 347th highest of 469 (123 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 57.1% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 3.5 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | 2024/25 | 88% | joint 476th highest of 14,270 (104 schools have the same figure) | joint 14th highest of 449 (5 schools have the same figure) |
| Places | 2023/24 | 210 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 206 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 1.9% | - | - |
| Key stage 2 reading progress | 2022/23 | +2.0 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 writing progress | 2022/23 | +1.8 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 maths progress | 2022/23 | +1.4 | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 09/02/2023 (school year 2022/23): Ungraded inspection (no grade given)
- 24/04/2014 (school year 2013/14): Good
- 23/09/2009 (school year 2009/10): Good
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence3.7% 2024/25
This school
3.7%
2016/17
3.4%
2017/18
2.7%
2018/19
1.6%
2020/21
5.5%
2021/22
3.5%
2022/23
4%
2023/24
3.7%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence0.6% 2024/25
This school
0.5%
2016/17
0.8%
2017/18
0.5%
2018/19
0%
2020/21
0.5%
2021/22
0.7%
2022/23
0.9%
2023/24
0.6%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once0.5% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0%
2019/20
0%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
0.5%
2023/24
0.5%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils2.4 2024/25
This school
0.0
2017/18
0.0
2018/19
0.0
2019/20
0.0
2020/21
0.0
2021/22
0.0
2022/23
2.0
2023/24
2.4
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)7.8% 2025/26
This school
9.2%
2019/20
12%
2020/21
10.3%
2021/22
8.4%
2022/23
7.4%
2023/24
9.1%
2024/25
7.8%
2025/26
Any SEN13.2% 2025/26
This school
8.2%
2019/20
8.7%
2020/21
6.5%
2021/22
10.8%
2022/23
10.8%
2023/24
13%
2024/25
13.2%
2025/26
SEN support11.3% 2025/26
This school
7.2%
2019/20
6.7%
2020/21
5.1%
2021/22
9.4%
2022/23
9.9%
2023/24
12%
2024/25
11.3%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans2% 2025/26
This school
1%
2019/20
1.9%
2020/21
1.4%
2021/22
1.5%
2022/23
1%
2023/24
1%
2024/25
2%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)8.0 2024/25
This school
9.7
2017/18
8.8
2018/19
9.7
2019/20
9.1
2020/21
8.6
2021/22
9.0
2022/23
9.2
2023/24
8.0
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)9 2024/25
This school
11
2017/18
10
2018/19
11
2019/20
10
2020/21
9
2021/22
10
2022/23
11
2023/24
9
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)7.0 2024/25
This school
6.3
2017/18
6.9
2018/19
7.1
2019/20
6.2
2020/21
8.7
2021/22
10.4
2022/23
9.1
2023/24
7.0
2024/25
Pupils per teacher26.1 2024/25
This school
19.9
2017/18
22.7
2018/19
21.3
2019/20
22.8
2020/21
24.9
2021/22
22.7
2022/23
22.2
2023/24
26.1
2024/25
Pupils per adult13.7 2024/25
This school
11.6
2017/18
12.0
2018/19
11.8
2019/20
12.9
2020/21
12.0
2021/22
8.8
2022/23
9.6
2023/24
13.7
2024/25
Teacher turnover0% 2024/25
This school
20.6%
2017/18
11.4%
2018/19
20.6%
2019/20
16.5%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
11.1%
2022/23
21.7%
2023/24
0%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence57.1% 2024/25
This school
25%
2015/16
23.1%
2016/17
9.1%
2017/18
20%
2018/19
8.3%
2020/21
63.6%
2021/22
33.3%
2023/24
57.1%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)3.5 2024/25
This school
1.0
2015/16
0.4
2016/17
1.4
2017/18
4.0
2018/19
0.1
2020/21
20.9
2021/22
0.5
2023/24
3.5
2024/25
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8.Key stage 2 expected standard88% 2024/25
This school
67%
2022/23
81%
2023/24
88%
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places210 2023/24
This school
210
2015/16
210
2016/17
210
2017/18
210
2018/19
210
2020/21
210
2021/22
210
2022/23
210
2023/24
Pupils206 2023/24
This school
195
2015/16
196
2016/17
196
2017/18
204
2018/19
210
2020/21
214
2021/22
202
2022/23
206
2023/24
Unfilled places1.9% 2023/24
This school
7.1%
2015/16
6.7%
2016/17
6.7%
2017/18
2.9%
2018/19
0%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
3.8%
2022/23
1.9%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 3.7% | 3.4% | 2.7% | - | 1.6% | 5.5% | 3.5% | 4% | 3.7% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.5% | - | 0% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.6% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0.5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 9.2% | 12% | 10.3% | 8.4% | 7.4% | 9.1% | 7.8% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 8.2% | 8.7% | 6.5% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 13% | 13.2% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 7.2% | 6.7% | 5.1% | 9.4% | 9.9% | 12% | 11.3% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 1% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 10.4 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 8.0 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 7.0 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 18.1 | 22.0 | 19.9 | 22.7 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 22.7 | 22.2 | 26.1 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 11.3 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 13.7 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 12% | 20.2% | 24.7% | 20.6% | 11.4% | 20.6% | 16.5% | 0% | 11.1% | 21.7% | 0% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 50% | 25% | 23.1% | 9.1% | 20% | - | 8.3% | 63.6% | - | 33.3% | 57.1% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 4.0 | - | 0.1 | 20.9 | - | 0.5 | 3.5 | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 67% | 81% | 88% | - |
| Places | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | - | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | - | - |
| Pupils | 178 | 195 | 196 | 196 | 204 | - | 210 | 214 | 202 | 206 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 15.2% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 2.9% | - | 0% | 0% | 3.8% | 1.9% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 3.7% | 2024/25 | Higher than 13% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.6% | 2024/25 | Higher than 7% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 0.5% | 2024/25 | Higher than 43% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 22.8 | 2025/26 | Higher than 71% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 9.4 | 2025/26 | Higher than 27% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 0% | 2024/25 | Higher than 0% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 3.5 | 2024/25 | Higher than 57% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 7.8% | 2025/26 | Higher than 12% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 13.2% | 2025/26 | Higher than 17% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2% | 2025/26 | Higher than 19% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 2025/26 | Higher than 9% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 204 | year not recorded | Higher than 39% of schools | 16,437 |
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