Beddington Infants' School
Beddington Infants' School is a primary school in Wallington for ages 2 to 7.
Daily practice for Beddington Infants' School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Pupils
- 277
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Croydon Road, Wallington, SM6 7LF
- Phone
- 02086 477813
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, July 2023.
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- The quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Good
- Early years provision: Outstanding
- Inspectors found that pupils thrive here and that staff form nurturing, professional relationships with them.
- Inspectors found that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive effective help and support.
Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The school
- Reception has three classes of 30 children each.
Source: Beddington Infants' School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
How it teaches
- The school follows the accredited Phonics Bug programme, with a daily phonic session in every year group.
- The curriculum for each Year Group is planned out across the year.
Source: Beddington Infants' School website; Beddington Infants' School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Admissions
- The Reception intake has 3 classes with 30 children in each.
- The Nursery has 26 children in the class at any one time.
Source: Beddington Infants' School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
The school day and clubs
- The school has before and after school provision and after school clubs run in the autumn term.
Source: Beddington Infants' School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Support
- The school has a SEND section on its website describing special educational needs and disability provision.
Source: Beddington Infants' School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Beddington Infants' School's curriculum maps.
Year 1Autumn 1 and Spring 2 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Summer 2
- Science
- Asking simple questions and identifying and classifying things. Identifying and naming common animals including fish, birds and mammals. Distinguishing between objects and the materials they are made from. Observing weather and day length across the seasons. Observing closely, performing simple tests and recording data
- History
- The lives of significant individuals
- Geography
- Using world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries. Fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of the school and its grounds. Using simple compass directions and locational and directional language. Identifying seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom. Naming, locating and identifying the characteristics of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Devising simple maps and using basic symbols in a key. Basic geographical vocabulary for physical and human features such as coast, forest and hill. Using simple compass directions to describe features and routes on a map
- Computing
- Using technology to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content. Recognising common uses of information technology beyond school. Using logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs. Using technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private. Creating a leaflet using 2Simple Publisher. Programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions
- Art
- Using a range of materials creatively to design and create products. Using drawing and painting to develop and share ideas. Developing art and design techniques using pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space
- Design and technology
- Selecting and using a wide range of materials and components. Building structures and making them stronger, stiffer and more stable. Evaluating ideas and products against design criteria. Exploring and using mechanisms
- Music
- Combining pulse, rhythm and pitch. Playing untuned percussion instruments
- PE
- Personal skills including floor movement patterns and static balance. Social skills including dynamic balance to agility and seated static balance. Dynamic and static balance on a small base. Creative skills including ball skills and counter balance in pairs. Agility, ball chasing and static balance on the floor
- RE
- Similarities between religions and Christianity's sacred writings. Judaism and key people. Hinduism places and Raksha Bandhan. Retelling religious stories and suggesting meanings for religious actions and symbols
- PSHE
- Respect for similarity and difference and anti-bullying. Aspirations, achieving goals and understanding the emotions that go with them. Being and keeping safe and healthy. Coping positively with change. Building positive, healthy relationships
Year 2Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Summer 2
- English
- Creating a leaflet combining text and images
- Reading
- Reading
- Science
- Living things and their habitats. Animals, including humans. Plants
- History
- Changes in national life, listening to music. Significant individuals, Samuel Pepys. Events beyond living memory, the Great Fire of London. Significant individuals, travelling to space. Events beyond living memory, landing on the moon
- Geography
- International week, countries and oceans, climate, maps and mapping, comparing countries
- Computing
- Computers around us. Digital photography and stop motion animation apps
- Art
- Representing music in art, including the work of Wassily Kandinsky. Representing historical events through collage. Life of famous artists and techniques of printing, clay and charcoal. Sketching buildings and objects
- Design and technology
- Making bread. Learning to saw, making a dinosaur skeleton. Building a large scale structure, a castle. Making a moving model space vehicle. Making a healthy drink. Making biscuits and tarts
- Music
- Naming instruments and exploring their properties. Music appreciation of Holst's Planet Suite. Music appreciation of Vivaldi's Seasons. Exploring sounds of dinosaurs
- RE
- Christianity, places and Harvest; Judaism, places and Sukkot. Festivals of Light in Hinduism, Judaism and Christianity and Christmas. Christianity, dreams and goals
- PSHE
- Being me in my world. Celebrating difference. Relationships
Read from the school's maps on 10 November 2026: Overview of Key Stage 1 Curriculum Year 1 24 25, Overview of Key Stage 1 Curriculum Year 2 24 25, Overview of Learning Experiences Key Stage 1 Curriculum Year 2 24 25.
Grammar schools within 15 miles
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- Wallington High School for GirlsGirls, Wallington, 1 mile. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
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- Nonsuch High School for GirlsGirls, Sutton, 4 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Tiffin SchoolBoys, Kingston upon Thames, 7 miles
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- Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar SchoolSidcup, 12 miles. Bexley Selection Test
- Bexley Grammar SchoolWelling, 12 miles. Bexley Selection Test
- Townley Grammar SchoolGirls, Bexleyheath, 13 miles. Bexley Selection Test
School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 102983. Checked 9 November 2026.
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