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Bells Farm Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Bells Farm Close, Druids Heath, Birmingham B14 5QP · bellsfarm.org · 0121 675 8666
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 195
- 93% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 41.5%
- First language not English
- 23.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 23 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 23 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | 0.61 mi0.98 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.26 mi2.04 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Bells Farm Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 20 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Oct 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 30
- 15% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied