Whinney Banks Primary School
Fakenham Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 4QQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sandy Thorpe
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 443
- URN
- 134076
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642817713
About this school
Whinney Banks Primary School is a community primary school in Middlesbrough. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 443 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 64 | 60 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 72% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 82% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 83% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 80% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
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 Whinney Banks 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 | Middlesbrough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 475 |
| 2023/24 | 476 |
| 2024/25 | 453 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whinney Banks Primary School compares
Whinney Banks Primary School ranked 8th of 40 primary schools in Middlesbrough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 6.3% | 47.7% | 443 | — |
| Green Lane Primary Academy | 70% | 6.1% | 33.2% | 663 | 0.7 miles |
| Linthorpe Community Primary School | 88% | 5.2% | 52.6% | 727 | 0.8 miles |
| Archibald Primary School | 73% | 6.7% | 66.5% | 479 | 1.0 miles |
| Kader Academy | 72% | 4.6% | 21.7% | 460 | 1.0 miles |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School | 61% | 3.9% | 12.5% | 398 | 1.2 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)
- 47.68%
- English as an additional language
- 15%
- Overall absence
- 6.31%
- Persistent absence
- 22.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Green Lane Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Linthorpe Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Archibald Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Kader Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
St Edward's Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
Other schools in Middlesbrough
Whinney Banks Primary School ranks 11th of the 57 ranked primary schools in Middlesbrough.
- Abingdon Primary School Primary
- Acklam Whin Primary School Primary
- Archibald Primary School Primary
- Ayresome Primary School Primary
- Bankfields Primary School Primary
- Beech Grove Primary School Primary
- Berwick Hills Primary School Primary
- Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Brambles Primary Academy Primary
- Breckon Hill Primary School Primary
- Caedmon Primary School Primary
- Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Whinney Banks Primary School teach?
- Whinney Banks Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Middlesbrough.
- Who is the headteacher of Whinney Banks Primary School?
- The headteacher of Whinney Banks Primary School is Mrs Sandy Thorpe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Whinney Banks Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whinney Banks 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 Whinney Banks Primary School?
- Whinney Banks Primary School has 443 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Whinney Banks Primary School full?
- Whinney Banks Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 443 on roll (105%), 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 Whinney Banks Primary School a faith school?
- No. Whinney Banks Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Whinney Banks Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Whinney Banks Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Whinney Banks Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Whinney Banks Primary School rank locally?
- Whinney Banks Primary School ranked 8th of 40 primary schools in Middlesbrough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Whinney Banks Primary School's absence rate?
- Whinney Banks Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Whinney Banks Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whinney Banks 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 1 July 2026.