Bells Farm Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Bells Farm Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Bells Farm Primary School 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 was offered a place for Reception in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 5 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
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
- Bells Farm Close, Druids Heath, Birmingham, B14 5QP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “Bells Farm Primary School is a successful, friendly and welcoming school.”
- “The school has created an atmosphere where everyone is valued and nurtured.”
- “It has high aspirations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, this is not always the case in other subjects where teachers’ subject knowledge is less secure.”
- “While the children show high levels of concentration and curiosity, they tend to work individually so opportunities to develop socially are more limited.”
- “Some staff do not always model effectively and promote discussion beyond phonics and mathematics lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 20 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Broadmeadow Infant School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Oaks Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadmeadow Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Norton Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published