Bedmond Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire·WD5 0RD
Composite score
21.4
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#14,314
National rank
#1617
In East of England
#336
In Hertfordshire
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
33%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 24/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
28
any preference, for 11 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.0020231.0020241.0020250.912026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Bedmond Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
113
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
12.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
12.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
39.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,213
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

About Bedmond Academy

Bedmond Academy is a primary school in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 113 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted (February 2026). 33% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Bedmond Academy their first choice was offered one of its 11 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 12.0%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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