Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School, Belvedere

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have developed a creative and ambitious early years provision that gives children a great start to their learning."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders know the pupils very well and have a secure understanding of their needs."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders share a strong vision that all pupils feel included, achieve and flourish."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders provide a personalised and coherent programme of personal development that develops pupils' knowledge securely."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils generally progress well through the curriculum from their starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders closely track any absence from school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a well-sequenced curriculum that builds on prior knowledge and clearly sets out what pupils need to learn and by when."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to develop staff expertise in delivering the curriculum so that all pupils develop greater knowledge and skills and are consistently well prepared for the next stage"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently support the development of pupils' handwriting in key stage 1 so that pupils' writing is fluent and legible over time and work is well presented across all subjects"; "Leaders should further refine and embed the attendance strategy so that more pupils attend regularly and the number of pupils who are persistently absent from school reduces".

For September 2026 entry, 64 families put Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School as their first choice and 170 named it as one of their preferences, for 70 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 Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School are Bedonwell Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 77% reading, 73% maths); Belmont Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 77% reading, 72% maths); Lessness Heath Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 79% reading, 74% maths); and Hillsgrove Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 87% reading, 83% maths).

Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School is one of 19 schools run by London South East Academies Trust, an academy trust.

39.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (43%), Asian (20%) and Black (12%).

In 2026, 79 pupils (25.6%) received SEN support and 8 (2.6%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Abbey Wood Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lenham Road (DA7), 220 metres away.

Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.