Bedelsford School

State-Funded School

bedelsford-school-kingston-upon-thames-london

LondonRegion

Kingston upon ThamesLocal Authority

Kingston and SurbitonConstituency

KT1 2QZPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Bedelsford School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Kingston upon Thames, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 169 pupils. Bedelsford School is part of Orchard Hill College Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

50%

Asian

24%

Black

Mixed

14%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

169

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

41%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 169
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: Orchard Hill College Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 7 June 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
18 Oct 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.