Bellfield Primary School (NC)
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bellfield Primary School (NC) is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Bellfield Primary School (NC) catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 44.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 55.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- There are 12.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham, with 167 pupils on roll in January 2026.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Vineyard Road, Birmingham, B31 1PT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 167 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “There is a warm welcome at this nurturing school.”
- “Staff are vigilant and notice if pupils need a helping hand or a kind word to make them feel secure and ready to learn.”
- “Smiles are everywhere because pupils feel safe and happy and want to do their best.”
To improve
- “The school has worked hard with parents to reduce pupil absence, but some pupils are still missing too much school.”
- “However, these checks are at an early stage of implementation.”
- “As a result, the school does not have a clear picture of the strengths in the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Bellfield Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- St Brigid's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Laurence Church Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Laurence Church Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Orchards Primary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Green Meadow Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published