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Voluntary controlled school · Lancashire

Banks St Stephen's CofE School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 199Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 119384URN

Greaves Hall Avenue, Banks, Southport, PR9 8BL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.9 below Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

22 applications for 13 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
55%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 January 2026Published 16 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 January 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 14 September 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
0.9 below Lancashire median (2.6) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

22 applications · 13 places offered · 12 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.1; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202613221.7120.92
Sep 202523421.8231.00
Sep 202421331.6180.86
Sep 202325401.6251.00
Sep 202218311.7170.94
Sep 202124391.6230.96
Sep 202021291.4180.86
Sep 201919341.8150.79
Sep 201824331.4241.00
Sep 201720291.5190.95
Sep 201618261.4181.00
Sep 201516281.8130.81
Sep 201421241.1200.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 79% · Maths 72% → all three 55% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%297th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard66%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard72%
Higher standard10%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2555%3%103103
2023/2467%13%106105
2022/2365%0%101100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119384 · 888/3098
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
200 pupils · 199 on roll
Free school meals
18.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Greaves Hall Avenue, Banks, Southport, PR9 8BL
Local authority
Lancashire · West Lancashire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources