Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- 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
- 6 January 2026Report card · 7 Needs attention
- 14 July 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry12 applications · 1 places offered · 0 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 12.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.4
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 13 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 2 | 0.67 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 43% · Writing 57% · Maths 43% → all three 43% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lancashire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 43% | 0% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 10% | 0% | 101 | 96 |
| 2022/23 | 29% | 14% | 101 | 97 |
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
- Banks Methodist SchoolThis schoolThis school202612.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Lancashire20261.7applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Sefton20262.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · LancashireGood20243.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · SeftonGood20233.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · SeftonGood20232.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · SeftonGood20232.0applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · SeftonGood20242.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · SeftonGood20231.6applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 119405 · 888/3169
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Free school meals
- 49.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Chapel Lane, Banks, Southport, PR9 8EY
- Local authority
- Lancashire · West Lancashire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources