Benfield Primary School
255 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1XS
Local ranking35th of 44 primary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
405
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 24
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 211
- Boys
- 88 (42%)
- Girls
- 123 (58%)
- Capacity
- 405 (52% full)
- SEND
- 25.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.0%
- EAL
- 19.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.2%
- SEN Support
- 19.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,649/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 56.3%
- White Other: 7.4%
- Other: 7.4%
- Mixed Other: 4.4%
- Asian Other: 3.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.1%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
56.3%
White British
7.4%
White Other
7.4%
Other
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 151063
- UKPRN
- 10095792
- Establishment No.
- 2080
- Trust
- THE COMPASS PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS