Arden Forest Infant School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C69
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bedworth, CV12 9RT
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St James' CofE Academy
Barbridge Road, Bulkington, Bedworth, CV12 9PF
Local ranking102nd of 179 primary schools in Warwickshire
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
240
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 15 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 65.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 11.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 55
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 209
- Boys
- 99 (50%)
- Girls
- 101 (51%)
- Capacity
- 240 (83% full)
- SEND
- 30.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.9%
- EAL
- 6.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 27.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,115/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 79.3%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
79.3%
White British
3.4%
White Other
2.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Barbridge Road
Bedworth, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 140694
- UKPRN
- 10045666
- Establishment No.
- 2026
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF COVENTRY MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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