Banks Methodist School | Primary in Southport, West Lancashire | Ofsted & DfE

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 14/07/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLancashire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio10.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterMethodist

StatusOpen

Overview of Banks Methodist School · Primary · Lancashire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

43%

+33pp

43%22%0%

'17'19'23'24'25

'25 · 43%

RWM higher standard

0pp

14%7%0%

'17'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

43%

Reading higher standard

29%

Writing expected standard

57%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

43%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

57%

SPAG expected standard

43%

SPAG higher standard

14%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

10.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

38%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

22%

Contact

Address

Chapel Lane, Banks, Southport, PR9 8EY

Local authority

Lancashire

Website

http://www.banks.lancsngfl.ac.uk

Telephone

01704227323

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	43%	0%	43%	29%	57%	0%	43%	0%	57%	43%	103.0	102.0	100.0	—	—	—	23%	71
2023/24	10%	0%	50%	10%	30%	0%	40%	0%	70%	50%	101.0	96.0	99.0	—	—	—	18%	81
2022/23	29%	14%	29%	29%	43%	14%	29%	14%	43%	29%	101.0	97.0	99.0	-2.00	-1.80	-5.40	16%	83
2018/19	17%	0%	33%	0%	17%	0%	17%	0%	33%	17%	96.0	94.0	96.0	-2.90	-4.30	-5.20	18%	72
2017/18	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	19%	59
2016/17	0%	0%	17%	0%	17%	0%	17%	0%	33%	33%	97.0	93.0	96.0	-1.00	-2.40	-5.10	32%	54

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	71	13.7	23%	4%	38%	7%	22%
2023/24	81	16.2	18%	7%	38%	9%	33%
2022/23	83	13.6	16%	6%	31%	8%	26%
2021/22	81	15.5	16%	2%	28%	5%	13%
2020/21	75	16.8	12%	1%	20%	—	—
2018/19	72	17.8	18%	3%	34%	6%	12%
2017/18	59	15.7	19%	5%	43%	5%	14%
2016/17	54	9.5	32%	3%	40%	7%	26%