Arden Forest Infant School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Bedworth, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

49.166 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Arden Forest Infant School is a primary school in Bedworth, Warwickshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2022. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

Arden Forest Infant School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	49.166 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 49.166 miles from the school, the longest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
That 2026 figure was nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2021; every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 8 years with a published outcome.
For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 38 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
Free school meals: 14.3% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 38.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Warwickshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Weston Lane, Bulkington, Bedworth, CV12 9RT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–7
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 161 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.8

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 8 November 2022

Strengths

“Arden Forest Infant School is a welcoming and friendly place to be.”
“Pupils say they are happy to be in school and feel safe.”
“This is because staff support pupils well and show kindness and care for them.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, such as art and design, curriculum thinking is at an earlier stage.”
“Leaders have not developed the curriculum as well as in other subjects.”
“As a result, pupils’ knowledge is not as strong.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 38 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.

St James' CofE Academy 0.4 mi Good
St Michael's Church of England Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Chetwynd Junior School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
St Francis Catholic Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Whitestone Infant School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
Race Leys Infant School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Race Leys Junior School 1.9 mi School remains Good