Bedgrove Infant School

Overview

Bedgrove Infant School provides an exceptional education where pupils feel happy, safe, and proud. The report highlights a vibrant culture defined by the school’s mantra ‘Proud to be Purple’, which fosters professional, positive, and powerful attitudes among staff and pupils alike. Pupils demonstrate a genuine love of learning and achieve above national averages, supported by a highly ambitious curriculum and exemplary behaviour.

Strengths

• The curriculum is ‘highly ambitious’ and precisely mapped, ensuring pupils ‘revisit and build on prior learning systematically’.
• Reading is a significant strength, with ‘expert staff’ ensuring children learn phonics ‘quickly and securely’ and develop into ‘confident and highly competent readers’.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) ‘thrive’ and are ‘fully included in all aspects of school life’, achieving very well.
• Behaviour is ‘exemplary’, with pupils described as ‘respectful, kind and polite’ who work and play happily together.
• Leaders manage staff workload carefully, allowing staff to focus on pupils’ learning while maintaining ‘tenacity and dedication’ to continuous improvement.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.