Bedonwell Junior School

About Bedonwell Junior School

Bedonwell Junior School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent inspections, including an ungraded visit in March 2024 where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The most telling academic metric comes from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results: 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits below the Bexley local authority average of 67%, placing the school 45th out of 55 primary schools in the borough. In the national rankings, it falls within the bottom 50% of schools for this measure. The school’s overall ranking score of 53 reflects a performance that is notably lower than the top-performing local primaries, such as St Thomas More Catholic Primary School which scored 95, though it is worth noting that Bedonwell serves a significantly more disadvantaged cohort.

Looking deeper into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the picture is mixed across individual subjects. In maths, 70% of pupils achieved the expected standard and the average score was 102, while 14% reached the higher standard. Reading saw 66% at the expected level with an average score of 102, and 24% hitting the higher threshold. Writing had the highest expected rate at 72%, but only 6% achieved greater depth. The proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard across all three subjects was just 2%. Progress scores are not available for this school, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The school has a higher-than-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 25.1%, which may partly contextualise its overall attainment profile.

Bedonwell Junior School is a mixed, non-denominational state primary for ages 7 to 11, located in the London borough of Bexley. It is close to capacity with 467 pupils against a 480-place school. The site offers a wide range of facilities including a library, sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, music rooms, art studios, a forest school area, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports provision includes athletics, swimming, cricket, rounders and tennis, while clubs extend to book club, coding, film club, gardening and chess. The school’s SEND register covers a broad spectrum of needs including autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability and social, emotional and mental health support. For families weighing up options, this is a school with solid facilities and a Good Ofsted rating, but whose academic outcomes sit below the local average — a factor worth investigating further on a visit.

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