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Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Bedonwell Road, Belvedere DA17 5PF · bedonwell-inf.bexley.sch.uk · 020 8310 4161
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 309
- 75% of 412 places
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- First language not English
- 39.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 64 families put the school first and 70 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 70 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 76 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 119 | 116 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 120 | 112 | 0.9 | 99% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding May 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (71 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 71
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 59% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied