Education
Chorley is home to numerous primary schools both council and church supported. Chorley has the following 6 high schools:
- Holy Cross Catholic High School
- Albany Academy
- Bishop Rawstorne CE High School
- Parklands High School
- Southlands High School
- St. Michael's CE High School
Some independent schools are also present just outside the borough. Most Chorley children go on to attend the nearby Runshaw College in Leyland. Runshaw College has also expanded into the former administration site of ROF Chorley and is using, amongst others, the main Administration Building.
Lancashire College, based in Chorley, is a part of Lancashire County Council's Lancashire Adult Learning, offering a wide range of courses, a speciality being intensive residential language courses. From 1905 to 1981 the town was home to Chorley Training College (from the 1960s known as Chorley 'Day' Training College), designed by the Victorian and Edwardian architect Henry Cheers, and the town centre building now occupying this site is now Chorley Public Library.
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