Lady Bankes Primary School
Dawlish Drive, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, HA4 9SF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kate Needs
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 653
- URN
- 102388
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01895634318
About this school
Lady Bankes Primary School is a community primary school in Ruislip. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 653 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 86 | 80 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 80% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 13% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 86% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 90% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 88% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lady Bankes Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hillingdon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 77% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 628 |
| 2023/24 | 618 |
| 2024/25 | 642 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lady Bankes Primary School compares
Lady Bankes Primary School ranked 18th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 5.8% | 19.6% | 653 | — |
| Warrender Primary School | 76% | 3.8% | 8.4% | 441 | 0.6 miles |
| Newnham Junior School | 81% | 3.4% | 10.1% | 350 | 0.7 miles |
| Newnham Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.1% | 6% | 302 | 0.7 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 80% | 4.1% | 5% | 642 | 0.7 miles |
| St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School | 72% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 231 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.58%
- English as an additional language
- 29.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.81%
- Persistent absence
- 17.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Warrender Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Newnham Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Newnham Infant and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Ruislip
Other schools in Ruislip
Lady Bankes Primary School ranks 7th of the 11 ranked primary schools in Ruislip.
- Bishop Winnington-Ingram CofE Primary School Primary
- Bourne Primary School Primary
- Deanesfield Primary School Primary
- Field End Infant School Primary
- Field End Junior School Primary
- Newnham Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Newnham Junior School Primary
- Ruislip Gardens Primary School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School Primary
- Warrender Primary School Primary
- Whiteheath Infant & Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lady Bankes Primary School teach?
- Lady Bankes Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Ruislip.
- Who is the headteacher of Lady Bankes Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lady Bankes Primary School is Mrs Kate Needs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lady Bankes Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lady Bankes Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lady Bankes Primary School?
- Lady Bankes Primary School has 653 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lady Bankes Primary School full?
- Lady Bankes Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 653 on roll (104%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lady Bankes Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lady Bankes Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lady Bankes Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lady Bankes Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Lady Bankes Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lady Bankes Primary School rank locally?
- Lady Bankes Primary School ranked 18th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lady Bankes Primary School's absence rate?
- Lady Bankes Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lady Bankes Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lady Bankes Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.