Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School
General Information
- Address: Manor Road, Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, PR6 7JR – View on map
- Phone: 01772335699
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Karen Marshall
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 36 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 12 · 2025 9 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 11
- % eligible for free school meals: 4.4%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Chorley average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7% a year (Chorley 12.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Lancashire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 9 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 3
- Suspensions for bullying: 18 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Lancashire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Chorley average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 75% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 105
- Based on: 36 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 28th of 49 junior and primary schools in the area
- =26St Bede's Catholic Primary School65%
- =26St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton65%
- =28Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School64%
- =28Highfield Community Primary School64%
- =28Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village64%
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19th of 44 primary schools in Chorley for Ofsted rating
- #17Clayton Brook Primary SchoolGood
- #18Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #19Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary SchoolGood
- #20Coppull Parish Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #21Coppull Primary School and NurseryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,732 (2024-25)
32nd of 50 primary schools in Chorley for spending per pupil
- #30Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary School£6,792
- #31Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School£6,774
- #32Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School£6,732
- #33Eccleston Primary School£6,717
- #34St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brindle£6,716
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