Benhall St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school located in Saxmundham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 17/05/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is well above average, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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School Lane, Saxmundham

School Information

Address: School Lane, Saxmundham, IP17 1HE
Website: www.benhallschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01728602407
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Suffolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Julia Bowles
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 124721

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 105
Number of Pupils: 89
Number of Boys: 50
Number of Girls: 39

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 3.9 Confidence interval 0.6 to 7.1
Writing
Average: -2.5 Confidence interval -5.4 to 0.5
Maths
Average: 2 Confidence interval -0.9 to 4.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:64%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Benhall St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
School Lane , Benhall IP17 1HE 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Saxmundham Primary School
Brook Farm Road , IP17 1XQ 		3out of 4 2,352 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Carlton Road , Kelsale IP17 2NP 		3out of 4 3,250 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Set Saxmundham School
Seaman Avenue , IP17 1DZ 		3out of 4 1,616 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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