Bedgrove Infant School

Bedgrove Infant School is a larger-than-average infant school for pupils aged 3 to 7. This March 2025 inspection was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2013; under current arrangements no overall effectiveness grade is awarded, but the school was judged outstanding in every key judgement. Pupils are happy, safe and enthusiastic about learning, and pupils with SEND thrive and are fully included in school life. The curriculum is highly ambitious and precisely sequenced from Nursery onwards, with a strong emphasis on spoken language and vocabulary. Reading is a particular strength, phonics is taught securely, and published outcomes show pupils attaining above national averages. Behaviour is exemplary, attendance is a high priority with low overall absence, and personal development is enriched through a wide range of opportunities, values and leadership roles. Leadership and governance are effective, staff workload is managed carefully, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. No significant concerns were identified in the report, and no next steps for improvement were set out.

Strengths

• Highly ambitious and precisely sequenced curriculum from Nursery onwards
• Strong focus on developing pupils' spoken language and vocabulary
• Reading is a strength, with secure and rapid phonics teaching
• Pupils attain above national averages and produce high-quality work
• Pupils with SEND are fully included and achieve very well
• Pupils' behaviour and attitudes to learning are exemplary
• Attendance is a high priority and overall absence is low
• Impressive wider opportunities support pupils' personal, social and emotional development
• Strong values help pupils develop a moral compass and responsible citizenship
• Effective leadership and governance, with careful management of staff workload
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bedgrove Infant School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.2% of pupils at Bedgrove Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bedgrove Infant School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 5.8% of pupils at Bedgrove Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Bedgrove Infant School received £8,017 and spent £8,067 for each of its 420 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £108,000 (£257 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Bedgrove Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bedgrove Infant School is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Bedgrove Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bedgrove Infant School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Bedgrove Infant School have?

Bedgrove Infant School has 449 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bedgrove Infant School cover?

Bedgrove Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Bedgrove Infant School?

Bedgrove Infant School is at Ingram Avenue, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 9DJ.