Bentham Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · LANCASTER, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bentham Community Primary School is a primary school in LANCASTER, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Bentham Community 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 |
And 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- No pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25: the figure was 0% (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, with 19 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 21.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 10.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Low Bentham Road, Bentham, Bentham Community Primary School, LANCASTER, LA2 7BP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 147 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are inspired by the school values.”
- “Pupils are polite, well mannered and fully engage in their learning.”
- “They speak kindly and respectfully about how people and families may be different.”
To improve
- “In the foundation subjects, the way in which teachers check what pupils know and can remember is less effective.”
- “Leaders have only recently started to check what pupils already know in the wider curriculum.”
- “In addition, they need to consider the most important knowledge that pupils need to know and remember over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 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) | 48% | 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, 20 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 North Yorkshire.
- Ingleton Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Austwick Church of England VA Primary School 6.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Giggleswick Primary School 9.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 10.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School 12.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hellifield Community Primary School 14.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School 15.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawes Primary School 18.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published