Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Belvedere, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Belvedere, Bexley for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Bedonwell Infant and Nursery 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Requires improvement on 22 November 2023, while the 8 nearest primary schools in Bexley hold 7 Good and 1 Outstanding outcomes.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 6 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 64 first-choice applications for 70 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bedonwell Road, Belvedere, DA17 5PF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 309 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils start each day in a happy and inclusive school where staff know them and their families well.”
- “Pupils feel supported and ready to learn because staff work proactively with parents and carers.”
- “These positive relationships help pupils flourish.”
To improve
- “Generally, they attend well, although some pupils need to attend more regularly to benefit fully from everything the school offers.”
- “However, pupils' handwriting varies in key stage 1.”
- “Some pupils' handwriting lacks fluency, and inaccuracies in letter formation affect the presentation of their work across subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 64 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 64 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 Bexley.
- Bedonwell Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Belmont Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lessness Heath Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillsgrove Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Brampton Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published