School admissions data
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Available data
| Starting Reception year group in Primary or Infant School - 2025/26 academic year ( places allocated on 16th April 2025 ) | Admission Number : 45 |
| Total number of preferences for places | 83 |
| First Preferences requested | 43 |
| First Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 42 offered (97.67%) |
| Second Preferences requested | 15 |
| Second Preferences considered (first preference not offered) | 3 |
| Second Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 3 offered (100%) |
| Third Preferences requested | 17 |
| Third Preferences considered (first and second preferences not offered) | 0 |
| Third Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 0 offered (0%) |
| Fourth Preferences requested | 8 |
| Fourth Preferences considered (higher preference not offered) | 0 |
| Fourth Preferences offered (percentage offered) | 0 offered (0%) |
| The Governors or Trust decide the admissions criteria as shown below (in descending order of priority) together with the number of places offered under that criterion: |
| Criterion | Number of Places |
| Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan that names the school | 0 |
| 1 Looked-after children and children who were previously looked after, including those children who appear to have been in state care outside England, but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted | 0 |
| 2 Families who have exceptional medical or social needs that make it essential that their child attends Benson CE Primary school rather than any other | 0 |
| 3 Children with a normal home address in the catchment area and with a sibling on the roll of the school at the time of application or whose parent has accepted an offer of a place and who is expected still to be in attendance at the time of entry | 16 |
| 4 Children with a normal home address in the catchment area | 28 |
| 5 Children with a normal home address outside the catchment area and with a sibling on the roll of the school at the time of application or whose parent has accepted an offer of a place and who is expected still to be in attendance at the time of entry | 1 |
| 6 Other children | 0 |
| Total | 45 |
| 5 Children with a normal home address outside the catchment area and with a sibling on the roll of the school at the time of application or whose parent has accepted an offer of a place and who is expected still to be in attendance at the time of entry | 1.646 miles |
| Home to school distances measured using | Straight Line Distance |
| Criterion | Number of Places |
| 6 Other children | 1 |
| Total not offered | 1 |
| Number of places available | 0 |