St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Alton, 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 🔒
St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Alton, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Bentworth 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, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 1.5 first choices per offer, the 9th highest of 320 Hampshire primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The school has 20.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.9 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
- Church Street, Bentworth, Alton, GU34 5RE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 107 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this very happy school.”
- “The school’s atmosphere is calm and pupils are focused.”
- “In lessons they listen carefully, show determination and support each other during group work.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, the school has not identified the precise knowledge it wants pupils to learn.”
- “This means pupils’ learning does not build as strongly over time in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2025 (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) | 79% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Medstead Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Butts Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chawton Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wootey Infant School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wootey Junior School 3.4 mi School remains Good
- Anstey Junior School 3.4 mi Standards maintained
- Alton Infant School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published