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RAF Benson Community Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 94% 94% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
94% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
29% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24 88%[4] 16%[4]
2022/23 43%[5] 0%[5]
2018/19 71%[6] 6%[6]
2017/18 56%[7] 0%[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
20 Feb 2024[8]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[8]
Report published
24 Apr 2024[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Sep 2022[9] S5 Inspection[9] Requires improvement[9]
18 Jul 2017[10] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[10] No overall grade[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
23 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
16 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
17 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 22[11] 12[11] 12[11] 1.8[11]
Entry Sept 2024 19[11] 14[11] 15[11] 1.3[11]
Entry Sept 2023 34[11] 26[11] 26[11] 1.3[11]
Entry Sept 2022 30[11] 26[11] 28[11] 1.1[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
240[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.raf-benson.oxon.sch.uk[1]
District
South Oxfordshire[12]
Postcode
OX10 6EP[1]
URN
123028[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
130 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
6.2% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
13.1% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5.4% 2024/25[13]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.