Belvedere Infant School

Primary Ages 3-7 246 pupils Belvedere
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Belvedere Infant School is an academy converter in Bexley for pupils aged 3 to 7. It has 246 pupils on roll. It suspends pupils far more often than most primary schools: 6.9 in every 100 pupils were suspended at least once in 2024/25, against 1.1 nationally. Attendance is a concern: pupils missed 7.7% of sessions in 2024/25 (the national figure for primary schools is 5.2%), and 23% of pupils were persistently absent.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-7
Religion Does not apply
Address Mitchell Close
Belvedere
Kent
DA17 6AA
Reference Number 147332

General Makeup

Number of pupils 246
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 41.46%
Girls: 58.54%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 32.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 45.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 35 59
2 28 46 74

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 26.4%
White, British 22%
Indian 17.5%
White, Other 10.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.5%
White & Asian 2.4%
Mixed, Other 2.4%
Pakistani 2.4%
Asian, Other 2.4%
White & Black (African) 2%
Caribbean 2%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 22 Nov 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
22 Nov 2023 School inspection
07 Sep 2019 Academy conversion letter
13 Jul 2016 Full inspection:
Previously as Belvedere Infant School
03 Jun 2014 Monitoring visit
22 Jan 2014 Full inspection:
02 Feb 2011 Full inspection:
05 May 2010 Monitoring visit
09 May 2008 Full inspection:
24 Nov 2003 Full inspection

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 30 0
Third Preference 16 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Belvedere Infant School had 221 pupils for 270 places. 49 places (18.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Thamesmead and Belvedere Primary” planning area

Bexley counted 457 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 427 in 2029–30, down 7%.

20212022202320242025
Places 270270270270270
Pupils 242227224248221
Unfilled 10.4%15.9%17.0%8.1%18.1%

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 Belvedere Infant School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.8%4.0%5.6%4.5%4.2%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%3.6%3.8%3.4%3.5%
Severely absent pupils 1.2%1.1%1.9%2.7%2.7%

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, 6.9% of pupils at Belvedere Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.70.00.41.515.721.8
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Belvedere Infant School had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.49.611.210.912.312.010.0
Teachers who left state teaching 13.7%32.9%50.9%7.9%18.2%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –60.0%66.7%87.5%50.0%47.1%–
Sick days per teacher –9.18.78.69.52.6–

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, 15.4% of pupils at Belvedere Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 6 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 15 6
Speech, language and communication needs 15 0
Social, emotional and mental health 5 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Physical disability 1 0

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 2024–25 Belvedere Infant School received £8,276 and spent £8,028 for each of its 255 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £102,000 (£400 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of The Pioneer Academy, income was £7,355 and spending £7,206 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £118,000£166,000£68,000£50,000£38,000£102,000
per pupil £437£600£258£192£143£400
In-year balance £19,000£10,000£76,000£41,000-£44,000£63,000
per pupil £69£37£288£156-£168£248

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Belvedere Junior School
Mitchell Close, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6AA
0.06 miles
Lime Wood Primary School
2 Sandy Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1FJ
0.63 miles
St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School
St Augustine's Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5HP
0.65 miles
Lessness Heath Primary School
Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HB
0.68 miles
Northwood Primary School
Northwood Place, Erith, Kent, DA18 4HN
0.88 miles
St Fidelis Catholic Primary School
Bexley Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3HQ
0.93 miles
Parkway Primary School
Alsike Road, Erith, Kent, DA18 4DP
1.06 miles
Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School
Lesney Park Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3DG
1.07 miles
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Kale Road, Thamesmead, Erith, Kent, DA18 4BA
1.17 miles
Northumberland Heath Primary School
Wheelock Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, DA8 1JE
1.19 miles
Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School
Bedonwell Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5PF
1.32 miles
Bedonwell Junior School
Bedonwell Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5PF
1.32 miles
Belmont Academy
Belmont Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1LE
1.35 miles
Willow Bank Primary School
Seacourt Road, Thamesmead, London, SE2 9XB
1.5 miles
Barnehurst Infant School
Barnehurst Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, DA8 3NL
1.5 miles
Barnehurst Junior School
Barnehurst Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, DA8 3NL
1.51 miles
Bursted Wood Primary School
Swanbridge Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5BS
1.62 miles
Fairford Academy Barnehurst
Fairford Avenue, Barnehurst, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 6QP
1.62 miles
Peareswood Primary School
Peareswood Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3PR
1.71 miles
Boxgrove Primary School
Boxgrove Road, Abbey Wood, Greenwich, SE2 9JP
1.79 miles
Name Distance
Cornerstone School
Halt Robin Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6DW
0.14 miles
Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere
Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HT
0.35 miles
Break Through School
121 Nuxley Road, Belvedere, DA17 5JX
0.98 miles
Harris Garrard Academy
Yarnton Way, Thamesmead, Erith, Kent, DA18 4DW
1.11 miles
Leigh Academy Bexley
Avenue Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3BN
1.2 miles
Woodside Academy
Colyers Lane, Erith, Kent, DA8 3PB
1.5 miles
Brighter Futures Specialist College Ltd
Harrow Manorway, London, SE2 9FL
1.65 miles
Pulse and Water College
138 Eynsham Drive, Abbey Wood, London, Greenwich, SE2 9PT
2.03 miles
St Paul's Academy
Finchale Road, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9PX
2.28 miles
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
1 Birchdene Drive, Thamesmead, SE28 8RF
2.31 miles
Woolwich Polytechnic School
Hutchins Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AT
2.33 miles
Lift Bexleyheath
Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7DA
2.35 miles
Welling School
Elsa Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1LB
2.48 miles
Endeavour Academy Bexley
Woodside Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 6LB
2.5 miles
St Catherine's Catholic School
Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7QJ
2.54 miles
Harris Rainham Sixth Form
217 Wennington Road, Rainham, RM13 9XA
2.54 miles
Shenstone School
94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
2.62 miles
Harris Academy Rainham
Lambs Lane South, Rainham, Essex, RM13 9XD
2.62 miles
Thrive Independent School
240-242 Plumstead High Street, Plumstead, LONDON, SE18 1JL
2.66 miles
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Dartford, Kent, DA1 4RS
2.68 miles

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How many pupils does Belvedere Infant School have?

Belvedere Infant School has 246 pupils on roll.

What age range does Belvedere Infant School cover?

Belvedere Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Belvedere Infant School?

Belvedere Infant School is at Mitchell Close, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6AA.

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