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Benington Church of England Primary School

East Hertfordshire, SG2 7LPPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Jun 2024
KS2 Results
18%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.1×
Oversubscribed
18 1st-choice / 16 places
Ranking
#13,588
of 13,686 nationally

About Benington Church of England Primary School

Benington Church of England Primary School is a small state primary in East Hertfordshire that parents clearly want to get into. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 45 applications for just 16 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2. 81. Of those, 18 families put it as their first preference, and all 16 first-preference applicants were offered a place. That level of demand suggests a strong local reputation, though the school doesn't publish a parent-view survey or recommend percentage to back that up directly. The school is rated Good by Ofsted following an ungraded inspection in June 2024, which confirmed it 'remains Good' — the same rating it held in its previous graded inspection in 2018. Headteacher Anja Tyler leads a school of 100 pupils, with capacity for 112, so there's a little breathing room. Only 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the national average.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressWalkern Road, Benington Primary School, Stevenage, East Hertfordshire, SG2 7LP
HeadteacherAnja Tyler
Local AuthorityHertfordshire
Number of Pupils100
Free School Meals (FSM)6.0%
School Capacity100 / 112 (89% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

11 Jun 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (11 Jun 2024): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 4 Dec 2018. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:15-08:45

After-school care

15:15-17:30

Source: benington.herts.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Benington Church of England Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.