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St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

Voluntary aided school in Rugby, CV21 3NX, taking ages 3 to 11, 342 on roll.

Report card Ofsted, Feb 2026
11.82 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
95% Full
49.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 11.82 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 11.82 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School: 11.82 miles, 2025/26 Boughton Leigh Infant School: 2.75 miles, 2025/26, published by Warwickshire

This is not a catchment area. 11.82 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Warwickshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Warwickshire, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School and Boughton Leigh Infant School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Boughton Leigh Infant School admitted from 2.75 miles in 2025/26, published by Warwickshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is CV21 at £190,000; the dearest shown, CV22, £280,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary SchoolFrom Boughton Leigh Infant SchoolMedian sold price
CV21 Rugby 0.2 mi 0.9 mi £190,000 89 sales
CV23 Rugby 1.5 mi 2.1 mi £235,000 138 sales
CV22 Rugby 1.8 mi 2.6 mi £280,000 138 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Warwickshire, 71 of 356 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (19.9%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Northlands Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.55 mi 2025/26 0.5 mi
Eastlands Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.02 mi 2025/26 0.6 mi
Boughton Leigh Infant School Both in reach Primary 2.75 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
Boughton Leigh Junior School Both in reach Primary 3.87 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.08 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
Abbots Farm Junior School Both in reach Primary 1.01 mi 2025/26 1.0 mi

The distance as a picture

St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School catchment area map: the 11.82 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterChurch of England
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 342 pupils in 360 places (95% full)
Local authorityWarwickshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Report card, February 2026: 4 at the expected standard, 3 needing attention or urgent improvement
Report card
  • Safeguarding Met
  • Inclusion Expected standard
  • Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
  • Achievement Needs attention
  • Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
  • Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
  • Early years Expected standard
  • Post-16 provision Not applicable
  • Leadership and governance Needs attention
Ofsted stopped giving schools a single overall grade in 2024; from November 2025 each area is judged on this five-point scale.
Meeting the expected standard 49.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 49.0%
2023/24 43.0%
2022/23 39.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

Girls and boys49.1% girls, 50.9% boys
English as an additional language54.4% of pupils
Free school meals26.3% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 11.82 miles: CV1, median £120,000. Dearest: CV47, £285,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
CV1 Coventry 11.3 mi £120,000 5 sales
CV21 Rugby 0.2 mi £190,000 89 sales
CV3 Coventry 9.9 mi £201,000 102 sales
CV6 Coventry 11.8 mi £215,884 257 sales
CV2 Coventry 9.8 mi £220,000 140 sales
CV23 Rugby 1.5 mi £235,000 138 sales
NN11 West Northamptonshire 9.7 mi £250,000 155 sales
CV22 Rugby 1.8 mi £280,000 138 sales
CV47 Stratford-on-Avon 11.4 mi £285,000 18 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 11.82 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Rugby Rail Station, 0.3 mi away, with 8.6 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:20, last 22:21.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Winfield Street0.2 mi0.80.00.09
Clifton Inn0.2 mi0.80.00.09
Clifton Inn0.2 mi0.80.00.09, 99

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around CV21: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at CV21 3NX, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School?

St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 11.82 miles away, per Warwickshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 11.82 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Warwickshire school's distance

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