Benington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.41 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Benington Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Benington 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 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.90 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.98 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.27 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.17 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.59 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.89 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.83 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.89 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.98 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.96 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place among those for whom it is the nearest school lived 0.41 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2015.
- With 11 first-choice applications for 13 offers for Reception 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- On that 2024/25 measure it was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Walkern Road, Benington, Benington Primary School, Stevenage, SG2 7LP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 94 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Benington Primary School.”
- “Pupils always try to do their best, for themselves and other members of the school community.”
- “They behave well in and out of lessons.”
To improve
- “Therefore, adaptations to meet pupils' needs in the second year of the cycle, which has not yet been taught, need to be embedded.”
- “This will ensure that pupils gain the breadth and depth of knowledge that they do in established subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2024 (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) | 82% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 11 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 Hertfordshire.
- Walkern Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashtree Primary Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Featherstone Wood Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Camps Hill Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lodge Farm Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
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