Bentfield Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Stansted · CM24 8DX · Essex
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM9.0%
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 142771
Magna Carta Primary Academy
Free schools · Stansted Mountfitchet · CM24 8JP
Ages 4–11 · 194 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Standards maintained
KS2 expected (RWM)
63%
Overall absence
2.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-01-26
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)63%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence2.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)1.7%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 2.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 177
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill92%
194 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 194
- Boys / girls
- 91 / 103
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 194 / 210 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 5.2%
- FSM pupils
- 10
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: BMAT EDUCATION
- Academy trust
- BMAT EDUCATION
- Sponsor
- BMAT Education
- Headteacher
- Ms Jennifer Pearce
Location
- Address
- St John's Road
- Postcode
- CM24 8JP
- Town
- Stansted Mountfitchet
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 3 on roll / 3 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (primary), Ages 4–11, in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, 194 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 5.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFoundation school · Primary
Stansted · CM24 8FE · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM18.0%
0.5 miles away
Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Bishop's Stortford · CM23 5QL · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM10.8%
1.3 miles away
Manuden Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bishop's Stortford · CM23 1DE · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS270%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM0.9%
1.6 miles away
Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: Improved significantlyVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Bishop's Stortford · CM22 6DD · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS270%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM9.7%
1.7 miles away
Avanti Meadows Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Primary
Bishop's Stortford · CM23 1FQ · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS267%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM17.7%
1.9 miles away
All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Bishop's Stortford · CM23 5BE · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS242%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM13.8%
2.2 miles away
Farnham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Bishop's Stortford · CM23 1HR · Essex
Ages 4–11
- Absence8.2%
- FSM33.3%
2.2 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Jennifer Pearce
- Telephone
- 01279703484