Bentfield Primary School and Nursery
Rainsford Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Stansted, CM24 8DX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr D R Rogers
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 208
- URN
- 114978
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01279813626
About this school
Bentfield Primary School and Nursery is a community primary school in Stansted. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 208 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 7 February 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 58% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 13% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 79% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 63% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 75% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bentfield Primary School and Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 214 |
| 2024/25 | 200 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bentfield Primary School and Nursery compares
Bentfield Primary School and Nursery ranked 135th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 6% | 11.7% | 208 | — |
| Magna Carta Primary Academy | 69% | 2.6% | 9% | 194 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School | 75% | 5.8% | 22.5% | 255 | 1.0 miles |
| Manuden Primary School | 80% | 5.1% | 1.8% | 106 | 1.3 miles |
| Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 64% | 4.3% | 12.4% | 93 | 1.7 miles |
| Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 78% | 5.7% | 11.8% | 403 | 1.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.73%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- Overall absence
- 5.95%
- Persistent absence
- 14.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Magna Carta Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Stansted Mountfitchet
-
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stansted
-
Manuden Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Bishop's Stortford
-
Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Bishop's Stortford
-
Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Bishop's Stortford
Other schools in Stansted
Common questions
- What year groups does Bentfield Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Bentfield Primary School and Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stansted.
- Who is the headteacher of Bentfield Primary School and Nursery?
- The headteacher of Bentfield Primary School and Nursery is Mr D R Rogers, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bentfield Primary School and Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bentfield Primary School and Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bentfield Primary School and Nursery?
- Bentfield Primary School and Nursery has 208 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bentfield Primary School and Nursery full?
- Bentfield Primary School and Nursery has capacity for 236 pupils and 208 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bentfield Primary School and Nursery a faith school?
- No. Bentfield Primary School and Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Bentfield Primary School and Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bentfield Primary School and Nursery as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Bentfield Primary School and Nursery have?
- The schools register lists Bentfield Primary School and Nursery's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bentfield Primary School and Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bentfield Primary School and Nursery rank locally?
- Bentfield Primary School and Nursery ranked 135th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bentfield Primary School and Nursery's absence rate?
- Bentfield Primary School and Nursery's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bentfield Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bentfield Primary School and Nursery'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 30 June 2026.