Bentfield Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Stansted · CM24 8DX · Essex
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM9.0%
1.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 114979
Manuden Primary School
Community school · Bishop's Stortford · CM23 1DE
Ages 4–11 · 106 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
70%
Overall absence
5.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-10
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)70%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.5%
Unauthorised2.0%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 86
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill101%
106 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 106
- Boys / girls
- 57 / 49
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 106 / 105 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 0.9%
- FSM pupils
- 1
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Price
Location
- Address
- The Street, Manuden
- Postcode
- CM23 1DE
- Town
- Bishop's Stortford
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Bishop's Stortford, Essex, 106 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 0.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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%
1.3 miles away
Magna Carta Primary Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedFree schools · Primary
Stansted Mountfitchet · CM24 8JP · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence2.9%
- FSM5.2%
1.6 miles away
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFoundation school · Primary
Stansted · CM24 8FE · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM18.0%
2.0 miles away
Avanti Meadows Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Primary
Bishop's Stortford · CM23 1FQ · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS267%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM17.7%
2.0 miles away
Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Saffron Walden · CB11 3YG · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS277%
- Absence3.7%
- FSM4.1%
2.4 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%
2.5 miles away
Free schools · Primary
Bishops Stortford · CM23 2UW · Hertfordshire
Ages 2–11
- FSM11.7%
2.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Price
- Telephone
- 01279813370