Benthal Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Hackney
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.833 miles
Published by Hackney Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Benthal Primary School is a primary school in London, Hackney for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Hackney has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Benthal Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.833 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 3.4 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.44 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 2.434 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.833 miles away, the 15th shortest of 33 Hackney primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hackney.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hackney schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Benthal Road, Hackney, London, N16 7AU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hackney
- Pupils on roll
- 252 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders encourage pupils to respect one another and to help others.”
- “They guide pupils to love learning and to be confident.”
- “Many parents and carers commented that this is a friendly school and that pupils make friends easily.”
To improve
- “However, in some other areas of the early years, curriculum thinking is not as coherent as it could be.”
- “In these areas, the school has not considered what children learn and when in as much detail as they could.”
- “However, sometimes teachers do not routinely check that pupils know and understand key learning before they move on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 77% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hackney.
- St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Nightingale Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Northwold Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shacklewell Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- William Patten Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Simon Marks Jewish Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Jubilee Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Halley House School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published