Banks St Stephen's CofE School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

SouthportConstituency

PR9 8BLPostcode

7.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Banks St Stephen's CofE School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 199 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 16 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 67%
Higher standard: 13%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

199

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 199
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Oct 2021	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
19 Apr 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.