Bedenham Primary School
Bridgemary Avenue, Gosport, PO13 0XT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Sharon Freeley
- Federation
- Bedenham & Holbrook Federation of Primary Schools
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Gosport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 233
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- URN
- 131117
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01329280445
About this school
Bedenham Primary School is a community primary school in Gosport. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 203 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bedenham Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 36 | 47 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 53% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 62% | 46% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 68% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 66% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bedenham Primary 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 | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 254 |
| 2023/24 | 233 |
| 2024/25 | 200 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bedenham Primary School compares
Bedenham Primary School ranked 296th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 5.5% | 41.5% | 203 | — |
| Holbrook Primary School | 42% | 9.1% | 48.1% | 203 | 0.3 miles |
| King's Academy Rowner | 43% | 5.4% | 50.5% | 199 | 0.6 miles |
| Woodcot Primary School | 42% | 5.1% | 32.5% | 166 | 0.6 miles |
| Rowner Infant School | — | 8.9% | 30% | 145 | 0.7 miles |
| Peel Common Primary School | 45% | 6.6% | 16.8% | 178 | 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)
- 41.5%
- English as an additional language
- 6.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.47%
- Persistent absence
- 16.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holbrook Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Gosport
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King's Academy Rowner0.6 miles
Primary · Gosport
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Woodcot Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Gosport
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Rowner Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Gosport
-
Peel Common Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Gosport
Other schools in Gosport
Bedenham Primary School ranks 15th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Gosport.
- Alver Valley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Alver Valley Junior School Primary
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Alverstoke Community Infant and Pre-School Primary
- Brockhurst Primary School Primary
- Elson Infant School Primary
- Elson Junior School Primary
- Gomer Infant School Primary
- Grange Infant School Primary
- Grange Junior School Primary
- Haselworth Primary School Primary
- Holbrook Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bedenham Primary School teach?
- Bedenham Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Gosport.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Bedenham Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Bedenham Primary School is Ms Sharon Freeley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bedenham Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bedenham Primary 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 many pupils are at Bedenham Primary School?
- Bedenham Primary School has 203 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bedenham Primary School full?
- Bedenham Primary School has capacity for 233 pupils and 203 on roll (87%), 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 Bedenham Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bedenham Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bedenham Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bedenham Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Bedenham Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Bedenham Primary School is part of the Bedenham & Holbrook Federation of Primary Schools federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bedenham Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Bedenham Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bedenham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bedenham Primary School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Bedenham Primary School ranked 296th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bedenham Primary School's absence rate?
- Bedenham Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bedenham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bedenham Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 30 June 2026.