# Whinney Banks Primary School

Whinney Banks Primary School is a primary school in Middlesbrough, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 443 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E134076. [Middlesbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 443
- Council: Middlesbrough
- URN: 134076

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 10 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 76% of pupils at Whinney Banks Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Middlesbrough and 62% in England.
5% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Middlesbrough | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 105 | 105 |

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.
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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Transitions College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/transitions-college-e152810): 200 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Acklam Grange School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/acklam-grange-school-e145774): 950 m. Secondary. School remains Good, October 2022. Attainment 8 of 48.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Green Lane Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/green-lane-primary-academy-e140722): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fulcrum Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fulcrum-education-e152343): 1.3 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Linthorpe Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/linthorpe-community-primary-school-e145775): 1.3 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Macmillan Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/macmillan-academy-e130908): 1.5 km. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 43.3 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/134076)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/134076)

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