Benenden Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Cranbrook, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.885 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Benenden Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cranbrook, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 February 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Benenden 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 | 2.885 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 42 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- Reception 2026 had 1.4 first choices per offer, the 30th highest of 426 Kent primary schools.
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 2.885 miles away, the 171st longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rolvenden Road, Cranbrook, TN17 4EH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 February 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are enthusiastic about their school.”
- “They are happy to attend and particularly appreciate the way staff look after them.”
- “Staff are caring and they know pupils well.”
To improve
- “Assessment is not as strong as it could be in all subjects.”
- “In a small proportion of subjects, such as religious education, teachers do not check on what pupils know and understand effectively enough.”
- “Consequently, teachers do not fully adapt their teaching so that pupils can build on their prior knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 2022 (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: 42 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Kent.
- Rolvenden Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandhurst Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Mayne Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tenterden Church of England Junior School 4.8 mi Not judged
- Tenterden Infant School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published