St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Rugby, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.187 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Rugby, Warwickshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) 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	1.187 mi
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 1 earlier figure.

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 lived 1.187 miles away, the 46th shortest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025, about the same as in 2023, and the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
For Reception 2026, there were 36 first-choice applications for 38 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
The school has 28.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Warwickshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Chester Street, Rugby, CV21 3NX
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 342 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 26.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 28.8

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026

Strengths

“'We are family' is more than a motto at St Andrew's Benn; it is the heart of the school.”
“Staff know pupils and their families very well.”
“They have established the school as an important part of the community.”

To improve

“However, further improvements to the curriculum and teaching are needed to ensure that pupils are as well prepared as they need to be for their next steps and achieve well across the curriculum.”
“Although persistent absence last year was higher than national, there are specific circumstances that have affected this.”
“A number of pupils currently have gaps in their core knowledge and skills, particularly the skills required to write well, including handwriting.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 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)	49%	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: 36 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 36 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 Warwickshire.

Northlands Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Eastlands Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Boughton Leigh Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Boughton Leigh Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
Abbots Farm Infant School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Abbots Farm Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged
St Marie's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published