Shaftesbury High School

State-Funded School

shaftesbury-high-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

ChorleyConstituency

PR7 3NQPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Shaftesbury High School is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 11–16, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 106 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Ethnicity

White

92%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

106

Total Pupils

64%Boys

36%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

61%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: PRU
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 106
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 Dec 2019	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.