Bedenham Primary School

Gosport · PO13 0XT

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 203 pupils, 40.9% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Bedenham Primary School

General Information

Address: Bridgemary Avenue, Gosport, PO13 0XT – View on map
Phone: 01329280445
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Sharon Freeley
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 26 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

203 pupils out of 233 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 83
% eligible for free school meals: 40.9%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Gosport average)
English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 24.2% a year (Gosport 15.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 71% moved to another school, 29% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Hampshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 15 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 16 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Hampshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for Social, emotional and mental health 23 places · 21 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 22.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 20.2%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 23 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 38% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 17 percentage points below the Gosport average (55%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 50% against an expected 49%)
3-year average (expected standard): 50%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 46% · Writing 62% · Maths 50% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 46%
Average test scores: reading 100, maths 99
Based on: 26 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolGosport averageEngland↘ Falling Down 18 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 17 percentage points below the Gosport average (55%).

Year 6 SATs: 16th of 17 junior and primary schools in the area

=13Holbrook Primary School42%
=13Woodcot Primary School42%
#16Bedenham Primary School38%
#17St Mary's Catholic Primary School30%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School77%
#2King's Academy Gomer75%
#3St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School70%
#4Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School63%
=5Grange Junior School58%
=5Lee-on-the-Solent Junior School58%
#7Elson Junior School55%
#8Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior School51%
#9Haselworth Primary School50%
#10Alver Valley Junior School48%
#11Peel Common Primary School45%
#12King's Academy Rowner43%
=13Brockhurst Primary School42%
=13Holbrook Primary School42%
=13Woodcot Primary School42%
#16Bedenham Primary School38%
#17St Mary's Catholic Primary School30%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,795 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

1st of 9 primary schools in Gosport for spending per pupil

#1Bedenham Primary School£9,795
#2Holbrook Primary School£9,744
#3Haselworth Primary School£8,548

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Bedenham Primary School£9,795
#2Holbrook Primary School£9,744
#3Haselworth Primary School£8,548
#4Brockhurst Primary School£7,988
#5Woodcot Primary School£6,979
#6St Mary's Catholic Primary School£6,910
#7St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,824
#8Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,824
#9Peel Common Primary School£5,734

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

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