Bedmond Academy, Abbots Langley

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Bedmond Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Published outcomes have historically been well below the national averages."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have begun to secure improved attendance for pupils."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have redesigned and improved the curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum considers children's individual starting points."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "This is a school with inclusion at its heart."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear vision for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal, social and health education programme is well designed."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff have the knowledge and expertise necessary to make suitable adaptations to support disadvantaged pupils consistently well"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers provide pupils with sufficient time and resources to practise new learning to secure new and important concepts, phonological knowledge and numerical fluency in order to support pupils to achieve increasingly well"; "Leaders should continue to implement, and further strengthen, their strategies to secure increased improvements in pupils' attendance at school"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils have the opportunity to take on, and develop, roles in school that support their independence and resilience".

In its own words: "At Bedmond Academy, every child is a Bedmond Learner - proud, unique, determined to grow, ready to stretch, believe, and discover the world with wonder. Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They guide our learning, behaviour, and relationships, helping each child become the best version of themselves."

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is both a delight and a privilege to be the Principal of Bedmond Academy and to lead our school as part of Aspire Academies Trust. At Bedmond Academy, our vision is simple and powerful: every child is a Bedmond Learner - proud, unique, determined to grow, ready to stretch, believe, and discover the world with wonder."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:50am and after-school care until 5:00pm.

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Bedmond Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 40% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 10 families put Bedmond Academy as their first choice and 28 named it as one of their preferences, for 11 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bedmond Academy are Abbots Langley School (0.7 miles, Good, 78% reading, 78% maths); Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School (1.4 miles, Good, 67% reading, 53% maths); Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 75% reading, 84% maths); and Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery (1.6 miles, Good, 87% reading, 81% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Bedmond Academy.

Bedmond Academy is one of 6 schools run by Aspire Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

24 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Bedmond Academy (as of April 2026): 88% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 0% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (0%).

39% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (67%), Mixed (12%) and Asian (5%).

In 2026, 17 pupils (17%) received SEN support and 18 (18%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Bedmond Academy had 9 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Kings Langley Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Henderson Place (near), 180 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 36 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

In 2024/25, Bedmond Academy issued 27 suspensions, 23.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.