Dee Banks School
Special schoolDee Banks School is a special school in Cheshire West and Chester, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 141 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding not met, special measures
- Inspection
- Report card, 23 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Not met
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Urgent improvement
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 43.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 6 | – | – |
- Dee Banks School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High SchoolSecondary. Standards maintained, April 2025. Attainment 8 of 53.7 (2025/26, provisional)340 m
- Boughton Heath AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), July 2024. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Cherry Grove Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Chester International SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), February 2022. Attainment 8 of 38.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Queen's Park High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 48.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cheshire West and Chester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).