Bedmond Academy
Meadow Way, Bedmond, Abbots Langley, WD5 0RD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Lora Grant
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Aspire Academies Trust
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- URN
- 144959
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01923262825
About this school
Bedmond Academy is a primary academy in Abbots Langley. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 100 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 20 | 5 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | - | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | - | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 40% | - | 40% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | - | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | - | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | - | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.20 | - | - |
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 Bedmond Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 20% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 91 |
| 2023/24 | 87 |
| 2024/25 | 113 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bedmond Academy compares
Bedmond Academy ranked 325th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 11.9% | 39% | 100 | — |
| Abbots Langley School | 56% | 6.3% | 11.9% | 410 | 0.7 miles |
| Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School | 47% | 4.5% | 21.8% | 418 | 1.4 miles |
| Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School | 59% | 4.2% | 9.9% | 206 | 1.4 miles |
| Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery | 74% | 5.3% | 24.9% | 238 | 1.6 miles |
| Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School | 53% | 5.2% | 13.6% | 200 | 1.7 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 February 2026
- 22 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39%
- English as an additional language
- 9.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.87%
- Persistent absence
- 41.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abbots Langley School0.7 miles
Primary · Abbots Langley
-
Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School1.4 miles
Primary · Abbots Langley
-
Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Abbots Langley
-
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery1.6 miles
Primary · Watford
-
Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · St Albans
Other schools in Abbots Langley
- Abbots Langley School Primary
- Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary
- Breakspeare School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Bedmond Academy teach?
- Bedmond Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Abbots Langley.
- Who is the headteacher of Bedmond Academy?
- The headteacher of Bedmond Academy is Miss Lora Grant, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bedmond Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bedmond Academy, 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 Bedmond Academy?
- Bedmond Academy has 100 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bedmond Academy full?
- Bedmond Academy has capacity for 240 pupils and 100 on roll (42%), 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 Bedmond Academy a faith school?
- No. Bedmond Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Bedmond Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bedmond Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Bedmond Academy?
- Bedmond Academy is part of ASPIRE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bedmond Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 20% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bedmond Academy rank locally?
- Bedmond Academy ranked 325th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bedmond Academy's absence rate?
- Bedmond Academy's overall absence rate is 11.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bedmond Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bedmond Academy'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 10 July 2026.