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Benhurst Primary School

Benhurst Avenue, Elm Park, Hornchurch, RM12 4QS · Havering
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

In 2026 offers reached 0.71 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: London Borough of Havering offer-day figures, 2022 to 2026.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.
Ofsted: Good · October 2024(33/49)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 8,088th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(33/49)Rank among 49 Havering primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Havering league table →
Inspection
Good, October 2024
Results
63% expected standard; 4% higher standard
Size
410 pupils; 45 places a year; classes of 29
Run by
Life Education Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
4 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, October 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Higher standard: 4%, against 11% in Havering.
  • Sessions missed: 6.2%, against 4.7% in Havering.
  • Persistently absent: 19.9%, against 11.2% in Havering.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 1.7, against 0.4 in Havering.
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At a glance

Against Havering and England
This schoolHaveringEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
63%
In line with Havering
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
4%
Worse than Havering
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
6.2%
Worse than Havering
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
19.9%
Worse than Havering
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
1.7
Worse than Havering
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
29.3
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
11%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
27.7
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
In line with Havering
Havering and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 43 families put it first for 45 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 1 October 2024
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 63% (England 62%) (county 65%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 4% (England 8%) (county 11%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 6.2% of sessions missed; 20% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.6% and 9.6% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 2 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 29.3 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 27.7 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 197 m, tram or metro 652 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 24 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 2 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 8.3 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Life Education Trust, with 12 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined October 2016
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 October 2016 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Benhurst Primary School (URN 102273) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2016
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
1 mi0.50
2019202020212022

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception20266012445——
Reception20256017458——
Reception20246016860——
Reception20236017246——
Reception20226018960—0.71
Reception20216021060—0.76
Reception20206021560—0.34
Reception20196018760—0.71

Source: Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Havering, 2019 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception2026454312443
Reception2025554117041
Reception2024584816448
Reception2023413416034
Reception2022606218854
Reception2021605620654
Reception2020607721556
Reception2019607118757
Reception2018607220754
Reception2017605417853

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2017 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%62%65%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard4%8%11%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(33/49)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
1 October 2024Graded inspectionQuality of education: Good

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Havering league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/256.2%5.1%1.1%20%1.6%
2023/245.7%4.5%1.2%16%0.5%
2022/235.7%4.5%1.2%13%0.0%
Schools with a similar intake4.6%9.6%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 4894 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.71.5%70
2023/240.20.2%10
2022/230.70.5%30
Schools with a similar intake0.8

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size29.32025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher27.7November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus197
tram or metro652

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20254
20244
20235
20228
20213

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 2 serious and 0 fatal in all; 5 involved a pedestrian, 4 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO213.82024
PM1012.92024
PM258.32024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals11%2025/26
First language other than English30%2025/26
SEN support15%2025/26
Education, health and care plan3.7%2025/26
Girls48%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Life Education Trust, with 12 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined October 2016
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 October 2016 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Benhurst Primary School (URN 102273) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2016
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Havering
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Hornchurch and the Havering league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.