St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

About St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

St Andrew's Benn CofE Primary School in Rugby holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement grade. The school's most recent graded inspection in 2016 awarded it Good across the board, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2022 confirmed it 'remains Good'. The most telling exam metric for this primary is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined: 43% in the 2023/24 academic year. This is well below the Warwickshire local authority average of 62%, and places the school 140th out of 196 similar primaries in the county. In the Rugby local area specifically, it ranks 24th out of 28 schools, putting it in the bottom half. The picture is mixed when you look at individual subjects: 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, and 63% in maths, but only 46% did so in writing.

The Ofsted breakdown from the 2016 inspection rated leadership and management, and early years provision, as Good. The early years rating has since been reaffirmed as Good in the 2022 ungraded visit. The school's Progress 8 scores are not available, but the average scaled scores tell a more nuanced story: reading averaged 104 and maths 102, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. However, the proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in all three subjects combined was just 2%, with only 9% achieving higher in maths and 7% in writing. This suggests the school is more effective at moving pupils from below to the expected standard than at stretching the highest achievers. The school has a relatively high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 26.2%, which may be a factor in these outcomes.

St Andrew's Benn is a Church of England primary with a nursery, catering for children aged 3 to 11. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26, there were 74 applications for 43 places, with 38 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.72. The school offers a wide range of facilities including a forest school, sensory room, chapel, gymnasium and sports hall, plus clubs in drama, choir and gardening. Its SEND provisions are extensive, covering autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, and physical disabilities. This makes it a practical choice for families in Rugby who need a mainstream setting with strong SEND support, though parents should weigh the academic outcomes carefully against the local average. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Eastlands Primary, just 0.9 km away.

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