Dee Banks School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Cheshire West and ChesterLocal Authority

Chester North and NestonConstituency

CH3 5UXPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Dee Banks School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 141 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

141

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 141
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 16 March 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Dec 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.