Community school · Essex

Bentfield Primary School and Nursery

3–11Ages
208Pupils
PrimaryPhase
114978URN

Rainsford Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Stansted, CM24 8DX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodApr 2018

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.5per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

45 applications for 18 places · 142nd of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

71%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodApr 2018

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2024

Inspection history

7 February 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
24 April 2018
Graded inspection: 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

2.5applications per place, Reception

close to Essex median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

45 applications · 18 places offered · 17 named it first

2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2024 3.9; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
2022 3.5; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.7; Essex median median 2.3
2020 3.3; Essex median median 2.4
2019 3.5; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.5; Essex median median 2.5
2017 3.3; Essex median median 2.6
2016 4.0; Essex median median 2.8
2015 1.6; Essex median median 2.7
2014 2.8; Essex median median 2.8

More applications per place than the Essex median in 12 of 13 years.

This school
Essex 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	18	45	2.5	17	0.94
Sep 2025	15	38	2.5	13	0.87
Sep 2024	19	74	3.9	19	1.00
Sep 2023	21	55	2.6	21	1.00
Sep 2022	28	98	3.5	33	1.18
Sep 2021	29	77	2.7	35	1.21
Sep 2020	27	90	3.3	29	1.07
Sep 2019	21	74	3.5	20	0.95
Sep 2018	30	104	3.5	43	1.43
Sep 2017	23	75	3.3	19	0.83
Sep 2016	28	113	4.0	33	1.18
Sep 2015	57	90	1.6	30	0.53
Sep 2014	30	84	2.8	34	1.13

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%134th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard75%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard46%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth21%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard33%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	71%	21%	109	108
2023/24	58%	13%	107	102
2022/23	60%	8%	107	103

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

Bentfield Primary School and NurseryThis school
This school

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Magna Carta Primary Academy
0.7 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

3.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School
1.5 km · Essex

Good2022

2.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Manuden Primary School
2.0 km · Essex

Good2023

2.9applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
2.7 km · Essex

2026

2.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
2.9 km · Essex

Improved significantly2024

1.6applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Avanti Meadows Primary School
3.2 km · Hertfordshire

Good2024

2.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Farnham Church of England Primary School
3.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2024
All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford
4.0 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 114978 · 881/2747
Capacity: 236 pupils · 208 on roll
Free school meals: 9.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Rainsford Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Stansted, CM24 8DX
Local authority: Essex · Uttlesford

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