Schools and Education in Grimeford Village

There are 109 schools within 5 miles of Grimeford Village town centre, including 67 primary and 13 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 90% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Blackrod Primary School, Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan and St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley. A further 8 schools are rated below Good, so checking individual Ofsted reports is recommended.

Total Schools
109
Primary
67
Secondary
13
Good / Outstanding
90%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

14
58
Outstanding (14) Good (58) Requires Improvement (6) Inadequate (2) Not yet inspected (29)
Blackrod Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Manchester Road, Blackrod, BOLTON, BL6 5SY Inspected: 16 May 2024 Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan Primary 2.6 miles Holly Road, Aspull, Wigan, WN2 1RU Inspected: 25 May 2023 St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley Primary 2.8 miles Carr Lane, Chorley, PR7 3JU Inspected: 20 November 2023 Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy Primary 3.3 miles Rectory Lane, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0XB Inspected: 14 March 2022 Duke Street Children's Centre 3.3 miles Duke Street, Chorley, PR7 3DU Inspected: 30 May 2012 Duke Street Nursery School Nursery 3.3 miles Duke Street, Chorley, PR7 3DU Inspected: 10 September 2024 Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Devonport Way, Chorley, PR6 0TE Inspected: 26 July 2023 St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish Primary 3.5 miles Avondale Street, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0LF Inspected: 30 March 2023 Holy Family Catholic Primary School, New Springs, Wigan Primary 3.6 miles Longfield Street, New Springs, Wigan, WN2 1EL Inspected: 16 May 2025 Chorley Astley Park School 3.9 miles Harrington Road, Chorley, PR7 1JZ Inspected: 05 July 2024 St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Standishgate, Wigan, WN1 1XL Inspected: 24 May 2023 Douglas Valley Nursery School Nursery 4.4 miles Turner Street, Off Greenough Street, Wigan, WN1 3SU Inspected: 14 March 2024 Oliver House School 4.5 miles Hallgate, Chorley, PR7 1XA Inspected: 02 October 2024 Sacred Heart R.C. Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Central Drive, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3DU Inspected: 16 May 2024
Anderton Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Babylon Lane, Adlington, PR6 9NN Inspected: 13 January 2025 Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Vicarage Close, Adlington, Chorley, PR6 9QZ Inspected: 23 May 2023 Adlington Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Market Place, Adlington, Chorley, PR7 4JA Inspected: 29 September 2023 Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School Primary 1 miles Vicarage Road West, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5DE Inspected: 21 March 2023 Rivington Foundation Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Horrobin Lane, Rivington, Bolton, BL6 7SE Inspected: 31 January 2025 Rivington and Blackrod High School Secondary 1.4 miles Rivington Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7RU Inspected: 27 July 2023 Beacon Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Peter Martin Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AL Inspected: 26 May 2023 Horwich Parish CofE Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Church Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6AA Inspected: 04 March 2022 Lever Park School 1.9 miles Stocks Park Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6DE Inspected: 21 June 2024 St Mary's RC Primary School Primary 2.2 miles College Drive, Horwich, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6EP Inspected: 06 May 2025 St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, WN2 1PA Inspected: 20 March 2023 Holy Cross Catholic High School Secondary 2.8 miles Myles Standish Way, Chorley, PR7 3LS Inspected: 13 October 2022 Aspull Church Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Bolton Road, Aspull, Wigan, WN2 1QT Inspected: 01 August 2022 Claypool Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Salisbury Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6LN Inspected: 03 February 2022 Albany Academy Secondary 2.9 miles Bolton Road, Chorley, PR7 3AY Inspected: 11 June 2024 St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley Primary 3.1 miles Cottage Fields, Chorley, PR7 3QG Inspected: 14 March 2024 Westmorland School 3.2 miles Weldbank Lane, Chorley, PR7 3NQ Inspected: 11 September 2025 Shaftesbury High School 3.2 miles Weldbank Lane, Chorley, PR7 3NQ Inspected: 12 June 2025 Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Roe Hey Drive, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 4PU Inspected: 27 April 2023 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley Primary 3.2 miles Brooke Street, Chorley, PR6 0LB Inspected: 27 April 2023 Mayfield School 3.3 miles Gloucester Road, Chorley, PR7 3HN Inspected: 10 November 2022 Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit Primary 3.3 miles Moor Road, Chorley, PR7 2LR Inspected: 15 June 2023 Duke Street Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Duke Street, Chorley, PR7 3DU Inspected: 09 December 2022 Coppull Children's Centre 3.5 miles German Lane, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 5AH Inspected: 22 March 2012 Coppull Primary School and Nursery Primary 3.5 miles German Lane, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 5AH Inspected: 21 September 2022 Highfield Children's Centre 3.6 miles Wright Street, Chorley, PR6 0SL Inspected: 03 December 2010 Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Preston Road, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 5DU Inspected: 20 June 2023 Canon Sharples Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary 3.8 miles Whelley, Wigan, WN2 1BP Inspected: 20 September 2023 St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley Primary 3.9 miles Eaves Lane, Chorley, PR6 0DX Inspected: 14 November 2022 Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School Primary 4 miles Highfield Road South, Chorley, PR7 1RB Inspected: 12 May 2025 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley Primary 4.1 miles Cedar Road, Chorley, PR6 0JF Inspected: 19 September 2023 Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Church Lane, Charnock Richard, Chorley, PR7 5NA Inspected: 17 January 2022 Turton Belmont Community Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Ryecroft Lane, Belmont, Bolton, BL7 8AH Inspected: 25 March 2024 Parklands High School Secondary 4.2 miles Southport Road, Chorley, PR7 1LL Inspected: 04 July 2023 St Michael's Church of England High School Secondary 4.3 miles Astley Road, Chorley, PR7 1RS Inspected: 25 November 2022 The Gates Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Bristle Hall Way, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3QA Inspected: 16 November 2023 Beech Hill Community Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Netherby Road, Beech Hill, Wigan, WN6 7PT Inspected: 18 November 2022 Mab's Cross Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Standishgate, Wigan, WN1 1XL Inspected: 11 May 2022 Douglas Valley Sure Start Children's Centre 4.4 miles Turner Street, Wigan, WN1 3SU Inspected: 23 December 2010 CEWE School 4.5 miles Leader Street, Catherine Terrace, Greater Manchester, WN1 3JW Inspected: 03 July 2023 St John Fisher Catholic High School Secondary 4.5 miles Baytree Road, Springfield, Wigan, WN6 7RN Inspected: 18 January 2022 St Catharine's CofE Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Scholefield Lane, Scholes, Wigan, WN1 3LP Inspected: 15 September 2023 Astley & Buckshaw Childrens Centre 4.5 miles Hallgate, Astley Village, Chorley, PR7 1XP Inspected: 08 October 2010 Shevington High School Secondary 4.6 miles Shevington Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8AB Inspected: 19 May 2022 Ince Sure Start Children's Centre 4.6 miles Charles Street, Charles Street, Wigan, WN2 2AL Inspected: 18 July 2013 Ince CofE Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Charles Street, Ince, Wigan, WN2 2AL Inspected: 09 November 2023 The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College Secondary 4.7 miles Frog Lane, Wigan, WN1 1HQ Inspected: 07 July 2022 Wigan and Leigh College 16 plus 4.7 miles Mona Street, Parson's Walk, Wigan, WN1 1RS Inspected: 20 January 2023 St William's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Amar Street, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN2 2DG Inspected: 07 February 2024 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington Primary 4.7 miles Mossy Lea Road, Wrightington, Wigan, WN6 9RE Inspected: 20 May 2022 Waterloo Lodge 4.7 miles Preston Road, Whittle-Le-Woods, PR6 7AX Inspected: 23 September 2024 Millbrook Primary School Primary 4.8 miles N/A, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8DL Inspected: 29 September 2022 Castle Hill St Philip's CofE Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Hereford Road, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 4DH Inspected: 19 May 2023 Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Mossy Lea Road, Wrightington, Wigan, WN6 9RN Inspected: 07 February 2025 St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley Primary 4.9 miles Abbott Street, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3DG Inspected: 07 February 2023 The Parks School 4.9 miles Worthington Street, Hindley, Hindley, WN2 3AN Inspected: 24 March 2025 St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton Primary 4.9 miles Wendover Drive, Ladybridge, Bolton, BL3 4RX Inspected: 01 February 2023 St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Primary 5 miles Church Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8BD Inspected: 20 September 2023
Cumberland School 1.3 miles Rivington Lane, Rivington, Bolton, BL6 7RX Inspected: 17 September 2025 Standish & Aspull Children's Centre 3.3 miles Rectory Lane, Rectory Lane, Wigan, WN6 0XB Inspected: 24 March 2015 Southlands High School Secondary 3.6 miles Clover Road, Chorley, PR7 2NJ Inspected: 19 June 2025 Progress Schools Wigan 4.5 miles Parson's Walk, Parsons Walk, WN1 1RU Inspected: 26 April 2024 Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School Primary 4.6 miles Mort Street, Springfield, Wigan, WN6 7AU Inspected: 24 May 2024 Westhoughton High School Secondary 4.9 miles Bolton Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3BZ Inspected: 28 June 2023
Mayfield House School 3.8 miles Mayfield Road, Chorley, PR6 0DG Inspected: 04 December 2025 My Life Learning 4.2 miles Pepper Lane, Pepper Lane, Wigan, WN6 0PP Inspected: 01 July 2022
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton Primary 0.7 miles Rothwell Road, Anderton, Chorley, PR6 9LZ Library Children's Centre 0.9 miles Grove Farm Drive, Railway Road, Adlington, PR6 9RG Horwich Family Hub Link Site 1.5 miles Peter Martin Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AJ Inspected: 06 July 2012 St Catherine's CofE Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Greenstone Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 5SJ Chorley New Road Primary Academy Primary 2.3 miles Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6EW St Joseph's RC High School Secondary 2.7 miles Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6HW My Oasis Therapeutic Alternative Provision 3.5 miles Heaton Street, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0DA Gillibrand Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Grosvenor Road, Chorley, PR7 2PJ Highfield Community Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Wright Street, Chorley, PR6 0SP Woodfield Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Wigan Lane, Wigan, WN1 2NT Highfield Nursery School Nursery 3.6 miles Wright Street, Chorley, PR6 0SL Wood Fold Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Greenland Avenue, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0TS St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull Primary 3.7 miles Spendmore Lane, Coppull, Chorley, PR7 5DH Standish Community High School Secondary 3.8 miles Whitwell Close, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0NX St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley Primary 4.1 miles Hornchurch Drive, Chorley, PR7 2RJ Lostock Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Glengarth Drive, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4PS Beech Hill & Sacred Heart Children's Centre 4.3 miles Netherby Road, Netherby Road, Wigan, WN6 7PT Inspected: 25 June 2012 Dean Trust Rose Bridge Secondary 4.4 miles Holt Street, Ince, Wigan, WN1 3HD Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Springfield Road, WIGAN, WN6 7RH Inspected: 26 May 2023 Buckshaw Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Hallgate, Astley Village, Chorley, PR7 1XP Markland Hill Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Markland Hill, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 5EJ Johnson Fold Community Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Worston Avenue, Johnson Fold, Bolton, BL1 5UG St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Hardybutts, Wigan, WN1 3RZ St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School Primary 4.7 miles The Fairways, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3NZ Standish Lower Ground St Anne's CofE Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Wigan Lower Road, Standish Lower Ground, Wigan, WN6 8JP Clevelands Prep School 4.8 miles Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 5DH Balshaw Lane Community Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Bredon Avenue, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6NS Beaumont Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Wendover Drive, Ladybridge, BOLTON, BL3 4RX St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School Primary 5 miles Limefield Road, Smithills, Bolton, BL1 6LA