Bedgrove Infant School
Ingram Avenue, Aylesbury, HP21 9DJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Miss Julie Lawrence
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 449
- URN
- 110282
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01296481353
About this school
Bedgrove Infant School is a foundation primary school in Aylesbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 449 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Bedgrove Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 459 |
| 2023/24 | 467 |
| 2024/25 | 460 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bedgrove Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5% | 6.7% | 449 | — |
| Bedgrove Junior School | 66% | 5.1% | 13.7% | 479 | 0.1 miles |
| Turnfurlong Junior School | 68% | 5% | 16.5% | 415 | 0.6 miles |
| Turnfurlong Infant School | — | 5.7% | 11.8% | 306 | 0.6 miles |
| St Edward's Catholic Junior School | 80% | 3.9% | 18% | 256 | 0.6 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Infant School | — | 4.8% | 15.8% | 213 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.69%
- English as an additional language
- 18.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.99%
- Persistent absence
- 9.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bedgrove Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
-
Turnfurlong Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
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Turnfurlong Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
-
St Edward's Catholic Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
-
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
Other schools in Aylesbury
- Ashmead Combined School Primary
- Aston Clinton School Primary
- Bearbrook Combined School Primary
- Bedgrove Junior School Primary
- Bierton Church of England Combined School Primary
- Brill Church of England School Primary
- Broughton Community Schools (Infants) Primary
- Broughton Junior School Primary
- Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cuddington and Dinton CofE School Primary
- Elmhurst School Primary
- Great Kimble Church of England School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bedgrove Infant School teach?
- Bedgrove Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Aylesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Bedgrove Infant School?
- The headteacher of Bedgrove Infant School is Miss Julie Lawrence, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bedgrove Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bedgrove Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bedgrove Infant School?
- Bedgrove Infant School has 449 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Bedgrove Infant School full?
- Bedgrove Infant School has capacity for 480 pupils and 449 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bedgrove Infant School a faith school?
- No. Bedgrove Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bedgrove Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bedgrove Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Bedgrove Infant School's absence rate?
- Bedgrove Infant School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Bedgrove Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Bedgrove Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.