Bentfield Primary School and Nursery, Stansted

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our school caters for 210 pupils from Reception to Year 6, with additional spaces in our Nursery. We also receive enhanced funding for 24 children with complex health, physical, developmental and lifelong learning needs. These pupils are taught within the mainstream classes alongside their peers."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, hockey, cricket, choir, chess and art.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Monday 26 October 2026, an open day on Friday 6 November 2026, an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026 and an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Bentfield Primary School and Nursery reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 76% in Essex and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 79% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Bentfield Primary School and Nursery as their first choice and 45 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bentfield Primary School and Nursery are Magna Carta Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 79% reading, 69% maths); St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School (1 mile, Good, 80% reading, 85% maths); Manuden Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths); and Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 91% reading, 73% maths).

Bentfield Primary School and Nursery's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

8.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 26 pupils (12.5%) received SEN support and 31 (14.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Bentfield Primary School and Nursery has a resourced provision for severe learning difficulties: 24 places, 19 pupils on roll.

Bentfield Primary School and Nursery had 13 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Croasdaile Road (s-bound), 230 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bentfield Primary School and Nursery stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 30 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Essex (97).

Bentfield Primary School and Nursery recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.