Long Bennington Church of England Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Newark, Lincolnshire·NG23 5EH
Composite score
55.2
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#5,407
National rank
#418
In East Midlands
#59
In Lincolnshire
Top 37%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
43%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Long Bennington Church of England Academy 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
244
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,652
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Long Bennington Church of England Academy at a glance

Located in Newark, Lincolnshire, Long Bennington Church of England Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 244 pupils aged 4 to 11. 76% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above 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 top 37% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% 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 Long Bennington Church of England Academy their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Long Bennington Church of England Academy 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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