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Benhall Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 231Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 115598URN

Robert Burns Avenue, Benhall, Cheltenham, GL51 6PS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Gloucestershire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gloucestershire

127 applications for 50 places · 58th of 148 in Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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 Gloucestershire median (2.5) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

127 applications · 50 places offered · 44 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  7. 2020 3.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 3.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  9. 2018 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
  10. 2017 4.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  11. 2016 4.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.5
  12. 2015 4.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 3.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.3
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026501272.5440.88
Sep 2025601732.9691.15
Sep 2024601502.5601.00
Sep 2023581733.0761.31
Sep 2022601352.3601.00
Sep 2021601532.6661.10
Sep 2020601953.3691.15
Sep 2019602133.6791.32
Sep 2018601893.2891.48
Sep 2017592344.0891.51
Sep 2016602454.1931.55
Sep 2015602564.31001.67
Sep 2014602163.61051.75

Schools nearby

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

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
115598 · 916/2165
Capacity
180 pupils · 231 on roll
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Robert Burns Avenue, Benhall, Cheltenham, GL51 6PS
Local authority
Gloucestershire · Cheltenham

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