Lady Bankes Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Ruislip, Hillingdon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.95 miles
Published by Hillingdon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lady Bankes Primary School is a primary school in Ruislip, Hillingdon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lady Bankes Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.95 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.95 miles away, the 4th longest of the 10 Hillingdon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and 2015, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 81 first-choice applications for 90 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hillingdon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dawlish Drive, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, HA4 9SF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 653 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “Lady Bankes Primary School is a school for everyone.”
- “Pupils really enjoy their learning.”
- “They are proud to be part of a school where their rights and responsibilities are promoted and respected.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 81 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 81 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hillingdon.
- Warrender Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newnham Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newnham Junior School 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ruislip Gardens Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Field End Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Field End Junior School 0.9 mi Good