Community school · Cambridgeshire

Benwick Primary School

4–11Ages
105Pupils
PrimaryPhase
110627URN

High Street, Benwick, March, PE15 0XA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.0per place

0.8 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

14 applications for 14 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

64%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 11 July 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.0applications per place, Reception

0.8 below Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 1.2 below England median (2.2)

14 applications · 14 places offered · 13 named it first

2026 1.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 0.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2016 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2015 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2014 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Cambridgeshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	14	14	1.0	13	0.93
Sep 2025	12	15	1.3	12	1.00
Sep 2024	20	26	1.3	22	1.10
Sep 2023	9	8	0.9	8	0.89
Sep 2022	19	20	1.1	19	1.00
Sep 2021	12	15	1.3	12	1.00
Sep 2020	13	14	1.1	13	1.00
Sep 2019	12	16	1.3	11	0.92
Sep 2018	17	22	1.3	15	0.88
Sep 2017	19	27	1.4	19	1.00
Sep 2016	21	27	1.3	20	0.95
Sep 2015	15	18	1.2	11	0.73
Sep 2014	15	22	1.5	15	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 71% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%79th of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard21%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth7%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard71%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard21%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

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Cambridgeshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	64%	7%	104	102
2023/24	44%	0%	103	102
2022/23	38%	0%	103	98

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Benwick Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Lionel Walden Primary School
6.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Kingsfield Primary School
6.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

1.5applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Glebelands Primary Academy
6.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Thomas Eaton Primary Academy
7.6 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

1.7applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
Ramsey Junior School
7.6 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2025

53%met the SATs standard
Ramsey Spinning Infant School
7.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2025

1.2applications per place
Coates Primary School
8.6 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

1.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Bury CofE Primary School
8.6 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.1applications per place 81%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 110627 · 873/2060
Capacity: 140 pupils · 105 on roll
Free school meals: 28.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 1900
Address: High Street, Benwick, March, PE15 0XA
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · Fenland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources