Bentley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Farnham, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bentley Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Farnham, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Bentley Church of England 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in both earlier years with a published outcome, 2020 and 2022.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 8.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Bentley, Farnham, GU10 5JP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Leaders put pupils at the centre of every decision to create a school that brings its community together.”
- “Pupils develop confidence because adults nurture them well.”
- “Staff support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities so they do well both in and out of the classroom.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, pupils need more precise support to improve their handwriting and spelling.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not develop their spelling and handwriting as well as they could.”
- “Some of these pupils face barriers that affect their attendance.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2026 (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) | 75% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 19 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 Hampshire.
- Rowledge Church of England Controlled Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Binsted Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Crondall Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Long Sutton Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wootey Infant School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wootey Junior School 4.8 mi School remains Good
- Crookham Church of England Aided Infant School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published