St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Rugby, Warwickshire·CV21 3NX
Composite score
40.0
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#10,892
National rank
#1181
In West Midlands
#122
In Warwickshire
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
49%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
36 first choices, 38 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
82
any preference, for 38 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5820220.7020230.8720240.8820250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
347
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
52.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
28.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,647
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Rugby, Warwickshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 347 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 49% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 38 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 28.2 pupils per teacher. St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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