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Arden Forest Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 161Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 130893URN

Weston Lane, Bulkington, Bedworth, CV12 9RT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.4 below Warwickshire median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Warwickshire

91 applications for 45 places · 111th of 151 in Warwickshire

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Warwickshire median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

91 applications · 45 places offered · 39 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.7; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.1; Warwickshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.7; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.6; Warwickshire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.7; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.7; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.7; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.9; Warwickshire median median 1.7
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202645912.0390.87
Sep 202554931.7490.91
Sep 2024541062.0530.98
Sep 202346982.1450.98
Sep 2022601081.8641.07
Sep 202158981.7530.91
Sep 202059921.6550.93
Sep 201959991.7530.90
Sep 2018601061.8621.03
Sep 2017601031.7601.00
Sep 2016601212.0731.22
Sep 201558961.7550.95
Sep 2014601151.9681.13

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
130893 · 937/2630
Capacity
180 pupils · 161 on roll
Free school meals
14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 1996
Address
Weston Lane, Bulkington, Bedworth, CV12 9RT
Local authority
Warwickshire · Nuneaton and Bedworth

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources