Primary
Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Church Road, Bentley, Ipswich, IP9 2BT
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 40 of 56 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 7.4
- Pupils per adult
- 7.2
- Pupils
- 53
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
44%
11 points below the Ipswich average (55% across 54 schools)
105.0
0.2 above the Ipswich average (104.8 across 54 schools)
39th of 58 by our score, among the primary schools in Ipswich we can score - 63 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2023/2024
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 100 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 44% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 44% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
Church Road, Bentley, Ipswich, IP9 2BT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Suffolk admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Joanne Austin
- Address
- Church Road, Bentley, Ipswich, IP9 2BT
- Telephone
- 01473310253
Other primary schools nearby
- Tattingstone Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School5.5/10
- Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School6.1/10
- Brooklands Primary School6.9/10
- Stutton Church of England Primary School5.4/10
- Copdock Primary School6.6/10
- East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School6.7/10