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Great Bentley Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Plough Road, Great Bentley, Colchester CO7 8LD · greatbentley.essex.sch.uk · 01206 250331
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 258
- 96% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 17.1%
- First language not English
- 5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 44 | 1.5▲ | 68% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114736)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 3 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Great Bentley Primary School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 2 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114736)
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114736), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114736)
Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114736)