Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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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 entry95 applications · 28 places offered · 32 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.4; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 3.4; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 3.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 2.5; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2022 2.9; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2021 3.0; Essex median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2020 3.8; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2019 3.0; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2018 3.3; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2017 3.3; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 4.1; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2015 3.4; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 4.5; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Essex median
Dashed bars: as Bentley St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 115151), the previous school.
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 | 28 | 95 | 3.4 | 32 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 102 | 3.4 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 88 | 3.5 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 91 | 3.0 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 114 | 3.8 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 89 | 3.0 | 24 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 100 | 3.3 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 100 | 3.3 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 122 | 4.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 101 | 3.4 | 22 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 135 | 4.5 | 42 | 1.40 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 80% · Writing 87% · Maths 77% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Essex median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 73% | 10% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 10% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 60% | 7% | 104 | 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
- Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · EssexGood20242.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · EssexGood202353%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · EssexGood20222.1applications per place
- 20253.8applications per place 98%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · EssexGood20242.8applications per place
- 3.4 km · EssexRemains Good202378%met the SATs standard
- 20261.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149971 · 881/3402
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 202 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- Bentley St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 115151)
- Address
- Ashwells Road, Bentley, Brentwood, CM15 9SE
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources