Great Bentley Primary School
Plough Road, Great Bentley, Colchester, CO7 8LD
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Great Bentley Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Tracey Caffull
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 215
- URN
- 114736
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Great Bentley Primary School was a community primary school in Colchester. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 215 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Great Bentley Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 |
| Writing progress | +1.00 |
| Maths progress | -2.90 |
How Great Bentley Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 51% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 8.8% | 215 | — |
| Great Bentley Primary School | 61% | 4.5% | 11.5% | 258 | 0.0 miles |
| Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary School | 29% | 8.4% | 36.8% | 179 | 2.2 miles |
| Alresford Primary School | 58% | 5.1% | 18.8% | 216 | 2.8 miles |
| Tendring Primary School | 62% | 5.7% | 13% | 208 | 3.0 miles |
| Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery | 69% | 5.8% | 21.5% | 653 | 3.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.8%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 15.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Great Bentley Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Clacton-On-Sea
-
Alresford Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Tendring Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Clacton-on-Sea
-
Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery3.3 miles
Primary · Colchester
Other schools in Colchester
- Alresford Primary School Primary
- Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Baynards Primary School Primary
- Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Boxted St Peter's Church of England School Primary
- Braiswick Primary School Primary
- Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Brinkley Grove Primary School Primary
- Broomgrove Infant School Primary
- Broomgrove Junior School Primary
- Camulos Academy Primary
- Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Great Bentley Primary School teach?
- Great Bentley Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Colchester.
- Has Great Bentley Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Great Bentley Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Great Bentley Primary School?
- Great Bentley Primary School had 215 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- What are Great Bentley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Bentley Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 12 September 2023.