Primary
Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Benhall, Saxmundham, IP17 1HE
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 77 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.0
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- ALL SAINTS SCHOOLS TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 9.2
- Pupils per adult
- 7.6
- Pupils
- 70
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.
SATs results
56%
4 points above the Saxmundham average (52% across 6 schools)
102.0
0.5 below the Saxmundham average (102.5 across 6 schools)
6th of 7 by our score, among the primary schools in Saxmundham we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 102 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 56% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 56% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
School Lane, Benhall, Saxmundham, IP17 1HE
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
- Paul Parslow-Williams
- Address
- School Lane, Benhall, Saxmundham, IP17 1HE
- Telephone
- 01728602407