St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell
Primary school in Chorley, Lancashire. Standards maintained (Dec 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 8 October 2019, report published 14 November 2019, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Outstanding overall. The top grade under the previous system. 12% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Outstanding.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Since then: ungraded inspection
Inspected 17 December 2024, report published 19 January 2025.
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.
Next inspection: around December 2028
The last inspection was in December 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.6 milesAbbey Village Primary School
Good (Mar 2024)
- 0.8 milesBrinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School
Good (Jan 2024)
- 1.4 milesWithnell Fold Primary School
Standards maintained (Jan 2025)
- 1.9 milesSt Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School
Report card, Feb 2026: 6 expected, 1 needs attention
- 2.3 milesFeniscowles Primary School
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.