Benenden School
Other independent school · Girls · Kent
Cranbrook Road, Cranbrook, TN17 4AA
27
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
480
Capacity used
Has space77%
620 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 10–19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Rachel Bailey
- Address
- Cranbrook Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4AA
- Phone
- 01580240592
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden · Weald of Kent
- Area
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 118939
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 25% | — | — |
480 pupils · 620 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 18.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 1.12 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 49.21 | — | — |
Average grade: A (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 20 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.11 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 93 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 47.84 | 35 |
| Average grade | A- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 41.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 105 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 40 | 80% | 100% | 100% | |
| French | 37 | 76% | 97% | 100% | |
| Chinese | 26 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 26 | 77% | 96% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 23 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 20 | 80% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 18 | 67% | 100% | 100% | |
| Latin | 12 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 11 | 91% | 100% | 100% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 9 | 89% | 100% | 100% | |
| Italian | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Russian | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 48 | 29% | 71% | 83% | |
| Chemistry | 28 | 29% | 75% | 93% | |
| Biology | 27 | 26% | 59% | 74% | |
| Geography | 27 | 26% | 85% | 96% | |
| Economics | 24 | 29% | 71% | 92% | |
| Physics | 22 | 41% | 77% | 86% | |
| Religious Studies | 18 | 0% | 44% | 78% | |
| Psychology | 17 | 18% | 41% | 88% | |
| History | 16 | 13% | 44% | 88% | |
| English Literature | 13 | 8% | 62% | 92% | |
| Government and Politics | 13 | 38% | 77% | 85% | |
| English Language and Literature | 13 | 8% | 46% | 85% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11286: Benenden School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 18 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.