Benfield Primary School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 255 Old Shoreham Road
 Portslade
 Brighton
 East Sussex BN41 1XS
Telephone: 01273 916540

School Type

Phase: Primary (ages 4-11)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2024
History: This school arose from Benfield Primary School
Trust: Eko Trust
Sponsor: Eko Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mr Andrew Dower (since June 2021)
Previous Headteacher: Gemma Chumnansin (went to Woodingdean Primary School)
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 12.31 / 6.79
Non-teaching Staff*: 8.1
Number of pupils: 211
Pupils Per Teacher: 17.1
Sex: Mixed (42% boys / 58% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 37.00% (high)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 24.4%
Local child deprivation rate: 14.2% (2km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 38.3%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 29.5%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 2.0km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: South East
Constituency: Hove
Electoral Ward: South Portslade
School Number: 8462080

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 21st April 2016 (view record)

External Links

DfE Record: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Brackenbury Primary School (0.7km) show on map
  2. St Nicolas CofE Primary School (0.7km) show on map
  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.8km) show on map
  4. Hove Micro-School (1.0km) show on map
  5. Hill Park School (1.0km) show on map
  6. Goldstone Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  7. Peter Gladwin Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  8. Hangleton Primary School (1.2km) show on map
  9. Hove Junior School (1.3km) show on map
  10. West Hove Infant School (1.3km) show on map
  11. The Lioncare School (1.4km) show on map
  12. Eastbrook Primary Academy (1.5km) show on map
  13. Blatchington Mill School (1.8km) show on map
  14. Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (1.9km) show on map
  15. Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre (2.0km) show on map
  16. St Christopher's School (2.0km) show on map
  17. King's School (2.0km) show on map
  18. West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School (2.0km) show on map
  19. Aldrington CofE Primary School (2.1km) show on map
  20. Brighton and Hove Clinic School (2.2km) show on map
  21. Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove (2.3km) show on map
  22. Mile Oak Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  23. St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School (2.4km) show on map
  24. Glebe Primary School (2.5km) show on map
  25. Herons Dale School (2.8km) show on map
  26. Holmbush Primary Academy (2.8km) show on map
  27. Drive Preparatory School (2.8km) show on map
  28. Shoreham College (2.8km) show on map
  29. Shoreham Academy (2.9km) show on map
  30. The Montessori Place (3.2km) show on map
  31. Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove (3.3km) show on map
  32. Cardinal Newman Catholic School (3.4km) show on map
  33. Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  34. Brunswick Primary School (3.5km) show on map
  35. Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College (3.6km) show on map
  36. Windlesham School (3.8km) show on map
  37. Stanford Infant School (3.9km) show on map
  38. St Peter's Catholic Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  39. Brighton Girls GDST (4.0km) show on map
  40. St Nicolas & St Mary CofE Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  41. Westdene Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  42. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (4.1km) show on map
  43. Stanford Junior School (4.1km) show on map
  44. Shoreham Beach Primary School (4.2km) show on map
  45. St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School (4.3km) show on map
  46. Buckingham Park Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  47. St Paul's CofE Primary School (4.6km) show on map
  48. Dorothy Stringer School (4.6km) show on map
  49. Team Domenica (4.7km) show on map
  50. Varndean College (4.8km) show on map
  51. Downs View Life Skills College (4.8km) show on map
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  53. Patcham Infant School (4.9km) show on map
  54. Balfour Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  55. Downs Junior School (5.1km) show on map
  56. Swiss Gardens Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  57. Varndean School (5.1km) show on map
  58. Kings Brighton (5.1km) show on map
  59. Downs Infant School (5.2km) show on map
  60. Patcham High School (5.2km) show on map
  61. Patcham Junior School (5.2km) show on map
  62. Carlton Hill Primary School (5.5km) show on map
  63. Tarnerland Nursery School (5.6km) show on map
  64. Fairlight Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  65. Royal Spa Nursery School (5.8km) show on map
  66. St Martin's CofE Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  67. Hertford Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  68. Central Hub Brighton (5.9km) show on map
  69. Queen's Park Primary School (6.0km) show on map
  70. Elm Grove Primary School (6.1km) show on map
  71. Carden Nursery and Primary School (6.2km) show on map
  72. St Luke's Primary School (6.2km) show on map
  73. Coombe Road Primary School (6.3km) show on map
  74. Brighton College (6.3km) show on map
  75. Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Ch... (6.4km) show on map
  76. St. John's College (Brighton) (6.5km) show on map
  77. St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School (6.6km) show on map
  78. Moulsecoomb Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  79. Lancing College (6.9km) show on map
  80. Brighton College Prep School (7.0km) show on map
  81. St Mark's CofE Primary School (7.0km) show on map
  82. City Academy Whitehawk (7.1km) show on map
  83. Coldean Primary School (7.3km) show on map
  84. Seaside Primary School (7.5km) show on map
  85. Bevendean Primary School and Nursery (7.6km) show on map
  86. North Lancing Primary School (8.0km) show on map
  87. Springboard Education (8.2km) show on map
  88. The Globe Primary Academy (8.4km) show on map
  89. Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (8.4km) show on map
  90. Upper Beeding Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  91. Boundstone Nursery School (8.7km) show on map
  92. The Sir Robert Woodard Academy (8.7km) show on map
  93. Roedean School (9.0km) show on map
  94. Downs View Special School (9.1km) show on map
  95. Woodingdean Primary School (9.1km) show on map
  96. Oxford International College, Brighton (9.5km) show on map
  97. Sompting Village Primary School (9.7km) show on map
  98. Longhill High School (10.0km) show on map
  99. Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery (10.1km) show on map
  100. Sompting Abbotts School (10.2km) show on map
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Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

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