Whinney Banks Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.317 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whinney Banks Primary School is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Whinney Banks 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 | 2.317 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.317 miles away, the 8th longest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026: 39 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Middlesbrough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fakenham Avenue, Whinney Banks, Middlesbrough, TS5 4QQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 443 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They sing the school song with great enthusiasm and enjoy the many opportunities that they experience.”
- “Warm, supportive relationships are a strength at the school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects checks on how well pupils remember knowledge are less developed than they are in others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 September 2025 (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) | 76% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 39 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 Middlesbrough.
- Green Lane Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Linthorpe Community Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Archibald Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kader Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Newham Bridge Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Acklam Whin Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published