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Dane Bank Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Thornley Lane South, Reddish, Stockport SK5 6QG · danebank.tameside.sch.uk · 0161 336 5896
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 52%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tameside 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 238
- 99% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23%
- First language not English
- 5.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 73% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 37 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 48 | 1.7▲ | 60% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Tameside it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼52% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106217)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 31 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Dane Bank Primary School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106217), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106217)
Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106217)
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 48
- 20% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied