Great Bentley Primary School
Primary · Colchester · CO7 8LD
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 3 November 2022
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258 pupils · 96% of 270 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 10.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4.9% of pupils
- URN
- 149967
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.91 first-choice applications per place55 places offered · 50 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
54% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 29% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.