Banks St Stephen's CofE School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
F38
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Southport, PR9 8BL
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Banks Methodist School
Chapel Lane, Banks, Southport, PR9 8EY
Local ranking453rd of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Needs attention
Primary
Phase
—
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 6 January 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 43.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 43.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 43.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 43.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 7
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 71
- Boys
- 27 (52%)
- Girls
- 25 (48%)
- SEND
- 22.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.3%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 19.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,867/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Methodist
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.6%
- White Other: 7.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
88.6%
White British
7.1%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Chapel Lane
Southport, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119405
- UKPRN
- 10078127
- Establishment No.
- 3169
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