Arden Forest Infant School

Arden Forest Infant School is a welcoming and friendly environment where pupils feel safe and supported. The school has shown resilience in recovering from previous disruptions and maintains a strong focus on both academic and personal development. Leaders are committed to fostering positive learning behaviours, and the curriculum is engaging, helping many pupils to remember what they have learned. However, there are some areas requiring improvement, particularly in the delivery of the curriculum across all subjects, which affects pupils' knowledge in certain areas.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe, and receive strong emotional support.
• The school has a broad and enriching curriculum with a focus on various subjects.
• Leaders have a clear vision for improving the school and support pupils with SEND effectively.
• Pupils enjoy a range of extra-curricular activities that enhance their learning experience.
• The school has effective safeguarding arrangements in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle to blend phonics and read fluently.
• Curriculum development is inconsistent across some subjects, particularly in art and design.

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 Arden Forest Infant School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Arden Forest 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 Arden Forest Infant School had 24.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.9% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Arden Forest Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 Arden Forest Infant School received £8,060 and spent £8,105 for each of its 161 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £64,000 (£395 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 Arden Forest Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Arden Forest Infant School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Arden Forest Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Arden Forest Infant School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Arden Forest Infant School have?

Arden Forest Infant School has 161 pupils on roll.

What age range does Arden Forest Infant School cover?

Arden Forest Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Arden Forest Infant School?

Arden Forest Infant School is at Weston Lane, Bulkington, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 9RT.