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Banks Lane Junior School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 7–11 · Community school
Hempshaw Lane, Offerton, Stockport SK1 4PR · bankslane-jun.stockport.sch.uk · 0161 480 2330
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stockport 66%, England 62%
- Pupils
- 358
- 99% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Free school meals
- 26%
- First language not English
- 7.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Stockport it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Banks Lane Junior School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 March 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jul 2024 found: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (104 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 104
- 30% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 36 parents (35%) with SEND