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Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 40Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 124754URN

Church Road, Bentley, Ipswich, IP9 2BT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.3per place
4.4 above Suffolk median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

25 applications for 4 places

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024

Inspection history

  1. 23 May 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 5 March 2015
    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
6.3applications per place, Reception
4.4 above Suffolk median (1.8) 4.1 above England median (2.2)

25 applications · 4 places offered · 4 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 6.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
  2. 2025 22.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
  3. 2024 5.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
  5. 2022 3.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.9; Suffolk median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
  10. 2017 4.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.6; Suffolk median median 1.9
  12. 2015 3.5; Suffolk median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Suffolk 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 20264256.341.00
Sep 202512222.011.00
Sep 20244205.020.50
Sep 202310272.7111.10
Sep 20226203.350.83
Sep 20217202.950.71
Sep 20209222.450.56
Sep 201910262.690.90
Sep 20186162.750.83
Sep 20174164.041.00
Sep 20167182.671.00
Sep 20154143.530.75
Sep 20147172.460.86

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Suffolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/2444%11%105100
2022/2344%11%109104

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

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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
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
124754 · 935/3117
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
56 pupils · 40 on roll
Free school meals
15.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Church Road, Bentley, Ipswich, IP9 2BT
Local authority
Suffolk · Babergh

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