Schools and Education in Heath Charnock

There are 94 schools within 5 miles of Heath Charnock town centre, including 60 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 93% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley, Duke Street Children's Centre and Duke Street Nursery School. Parents should note that 5 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
94
Primary
60
Secondary
10
Good / Outstanding
93%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

12
52
Outstanding (12) Good (52) Requires Improvement (3) Inadequate (2) Not yet inspected (25)
St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley Primary 1.2 miles Carr Lane, Chorley, PR7 3JU Inspected: 20 November 2023 Duke Street Children's Centre 1.6 miles Duke Street, Chorley, PR7 3DU Inspected: 30 May 2012 Duke Street Nursery School Nursery 1.6 miles Duke Street, Chorley, PR7 3DU Inspected: 10 September 2024 Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Devonport Way, Chorley, PR6 0TE Inspected: 26 July 2023 Chorley Astley Park School 2.2 miles Harrington Road, Chorley, PR7 1JZ Inspected: 05 July 2024 Oliver House School 2.8 miles Hallgate, Chorley, PR7 1XA Inspected: 02 October 2024 Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy Primary 3.1 miles Rectory Lane, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0XB Inspected: 14 March 2022 St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish Primary 3.2 miles Avondale Street, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0LF Inspected: 30 March 2023 Blackrod Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Manchester Road, Blackrod, BOLTON, BL6 5SY Inspected: 16 May 2024 Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan Primary 4 miles Holly Road, Aspull, Wigan, WN2 1RU Inspected: 25 May 2023 Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Primrose Hill Road, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6BA Inspected: 17 July 2024 Holy Family Catholic Primary School, New Springs, Wigan Primary 4.7 miles Longfield Street, New Springs, Wigan, WN2 1EL Inspected: 16 May 2025
Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary 0.8 miles Vicarage Close, Adlington, Chorley, PR6 9QZ Inspected: 23 May 2023 Anderton Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Babylon Lane, Adlington, PR6 9NN Inspected: 13 January 2025 Adlington Primary School Primary 1 miles Market Place, Adlington, Chorley, PR7 4JA Inspected: 29 September 2023 Holy Cross Catholic High School Secondary 1.1 miles Myles Standish Way, Chorley, PR7 3LS Inspected: 13 October 2022 Albany Academy Secondary 1.3 miles Bolton Road, Chorley, PR7 3AY Inspected: 11 June 2024 St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley Primary 1.4 miles Cottage Fields, Chorley, PR7 3QG Inspected: 14 March 2024 Westmorland School 1.4 miles Weldbank Lane, Chorley, PR7 3NQ Inspected: 11 September 2025 Shaftesbury High School 1.4 miles Weldbank Lane, Chorley, PR7 3NQ Inspected: 12 June 2025 Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit Primary 1.5 miles Moor Road, Chorley, PR7 2LR Inspected: 15 June 2023 Mayfield School 1.5 miles Gloucester Road, Chorley, PR7 3HN Inspected: 10 November 2022 Duke Street Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Duke Street, Chorley, PR7 3DU Inspected: 09 December 2022 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley Primary 1.7 miles Brooke Street, Chorley, PR6 0LB Inspected: 27 April 2023 Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Roe Hey Drive, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 4PU Inspected: 27 April 2023 Rivington Foundation Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Horrobin Lane, Rivington, Bolton, BL6 7SE Inspected: 31 January 2025 Highfield Children's Centre 2.1 miles Wright Street, Chorley, PR6 0SL Inspected: 03 December 2010 Coppull Children's Centre 2.1 miles German Lane, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 5AH Inspected: 22 March 2012 Coppull Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.1 miles German Lane, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 5AH Inspected: 21 September 2022 Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Highfield Road South, Chorley, PR7 1RB Inspected: 12 May 2025 St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley Primary 2.5 miles Eaves Lane, Chorley, PR6 0DX Inspected: 14 November 2022 Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Vicarage Road West, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5DE Inspected: 21 March 2023 Parklands High School Secondary 2.5 miles Southport Road, Chorley, PR7 1LL Inspected: 04 July 2023 Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Church Lane, Charnock Richard, Chorley, PR7 5NA Inspected: 17 January 2022 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley Primary 2.6 miles Cedar Road, Chorley, PR6 0JF Inspected: 19 September 2023 St Michael's Church of England High School Secondary 2.6 miles Astley Road, Chorley, PR7 1RS Inspected: 25 November 2022 Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Preston Road, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 5DU Inspected: 20 June 2023 Astley & Buckshaw Childrens Centre 2.8 miles Hallgate, Astley Village, Chorley, PR7 1XP Inspected: 08 October 2010 Rivington and Blackrod High School Secondary 2.8 miles Rivington Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7RU Inspected: 27 July 2023 Beacon Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Peter Martin Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AL Inspected: 26 May 2023 Waterloo Lodge 3.1 miles Preston Road, Whittle-Le-Woods, PR6 7AX Inspected: 23 September 2024 St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, WN2 1PA Inspected: 20 March 2023 Horwich Parish CofE Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Church Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6AA Inspected: 04 March 2022 Lever Park School 3.6 miles Stocks Park Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6DE Inspected: 21 June 2024 Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Mossy Lea Road, Wrightington, Wigan, WN6 9RN Inspected: 07 February 2025 St Chad's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Blackburn Road, Blackburn Road, Chorley, PR6 8LL Inspected: 28 September 2022 St. Mary's Catholic Primary School Euxton Primary 3.9 miles Wigan Road, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6JW Inspected: 03 July 2024 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington Primary 3.9 miles Mossy Lea Road, Wrightington, Wigan, WN6 9RE Inspected: 20 May 2022 St Mary's RC Primary School Primary 4 miles College Drive, Horwich, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6EP Inspected: 06 May 2025 Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village Primary 4.1 miles Unity Place, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, PR7 7HZ Inspected: 30 November 2022 Aspull Church Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Bolton Road, Aspull, Wigan, WN2 1QT Inspected: 01 August 2022 Shevington High School Secondary 4.3 miles Shevington Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AB Inspected: 19 May 2022 Millbrook Primary School Primary 4.6 miles N/A, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8DL Inspected: 29 September 2022 Claypool Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Salisbury Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6LN Inspected: 03 February 2022 Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School Primary 4.7 miles School Lane, Brinscall, Chorley, PR6 8PT Inspected: 04 March 2024 Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.7 miles The Green, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 5TE Inspected: 11 February 2025 Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary 4.8 miles Whelley, Wigan, WN2 1BP Inspected: 20 September 2023 Shevington Vale Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Runshaw Avenue, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9JP Inspected: 29 April 2022 St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Church Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8BD Inspected: 20 September 2023 Beech Hill Community Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Netherby Road, Beech Hill, Wigan, WN6 7PT Inspected: 18 November 2022 Eccleston Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Doctor's Lane, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 5RA Inspected: 23 March 2023 Turton Belmont Community Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Ryecroft Lane, Belmont, Bolton, BL7 8AH Inspected: 25 March 2024 St John Fisher Catholic High School Secondary 4.9 miles Baytree Road, Springfield, Wigan, WN6 7RN Inspected: 18 January 2022 Runshaw College 16 plus 4.9 miles Langdale Road, Leyland, PR25 3DQ Inspected: 14 May 2025
Southlands High School Secondary 1.8 miles Clover Road, Chorley, PR7 2NJ Inspected: 19 June 2025 Cumberland School 2.6 miles Rivington Lane, Rivington, Bolton, BL6 7RX Inspected: 17 September 2025 Standish & Aspull Children's Centre 3.1 miles Rectory Lane, Rectory Lane, Wigan, WN6 0XB Inspected: 24 March 2015
Mayfield House School 2.2 miles Mayfield Road, Chorley, PR6 0DG Inspected: 04 December 2025 My Life Learning 3.5 miles Pepper Lane, Pepper Lane, Wigan, WN6 0PP Inspected: 01 July 2022
Library Children's Centre 0.9 miles Grove Farm Drive, Railway Road, Adlington, PR6 9RG St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton Primary 1.1 miles Rothwell Road, Anderton, Chorley, PR6 9LZ Gillibrand Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Grosvenor Road, Chorley, PR7 2PJ Highfield Community Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Wright Street, Chorley, PR6 0SP Highfield Nursery School Nursery 2.1 miles Wright Street, Chorley, PR6 0SL St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley Primary 2.4 miles Hornchurch Drive, Chorley, PR7 2RJ St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull Primary 2.5 miles Spendmore Lane, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 5DH Buckshaw Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Hallgate, Astley Village, Chorley, PR7 1XP Horwich Family Hub Link Site 3.1 miles Peter Martin Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AJ Inspected: 06 July 2012 Balshaw Lane Community Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Bredon Avenue, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6NS St Catherine's CofE Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Greenstone Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 5SJ Standish Community High School Secondary 3.3 miles Whitwell Close, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0NX My Oasis Therapeutic Alternative Provision 3.4 miles Heaton Street, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0DA Wood Fold Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Greenland Avenue, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0TS Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Withington Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5LU Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Wigan Road, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6JW Inspected: 22 November 2023 Chorley New Road Primary Academy Primary 4 miles Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6EW Woodfield Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Wigan Lane, Wigan, WN1 2NT St Joseph's RC High School Secondary 4.4 miles Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6HW Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Preston Road, Whittle-le-Woods, CHORLEY, PR6 7PS Millfields Children's Centre 4.7 miles School Lane, Brinscall, Chorley, PR6 8PT Blossomfields Children's Centre 4.7 miles The Green, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 5TE Beech Hill & Sacred Heart Children's Centre 4.8 miles Netherby Road, Netherby Road, Wigan, WN6 7PT Inspected: 25 June 2012 Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Wigan Lower Road, Standish Lower Ground, Wigan, WN6 8JP Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary 5 miles Springfield Road, WIGAN, WN6 7RH Inspected: 26 May 2023