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Benhall Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Robert Burns Avenue, Benhall, Cheltenham GL51 6PS · benhallinfantschool.co.uk · 01242 234717
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 231
- 51 over 180 places · 128%
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.7%
- First language not English
- 19%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 50 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 50 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 76 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 98% |
Ofsted
Benhall Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2010
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Mar 2007Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 89
- 50% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (12%) with SEND