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Bellfield Primary School (NC)

PrimaryAges 3–11Community

Birmingham, B31 1PT · Birmingham local authority

Birmingham’s School Grade B better than 55% of towns in England

Getting in
46/46
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
167 pupils
40% of its 420 places
Free school meals
49%
49 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Bellfield Primary School (NC)

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 167 pupils for 420 places
  • 49% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (46 of 46)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B31 1) sold for a median £216,000; Birmingham’s is £225,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Bellfield Primary School (NC)?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

46
families put it first for September 2026
48
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Birmingham council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Birmingham council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Birmingham, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

2.49 per place
40% got their first choice
2.30 per place
42% got their first choice
1.97 per place
46% got their first choice
1.83 per place
53% got their first choice
1.77 per place
57% got their first choice
1.70 per place
59% got their first choice
1.60 per place
63% got their first choice
1.57 per place
47% got their first choice
1.53 per place
65% got their first choice
Bellfield Primary School (NC)
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

178 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
19.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
27.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for Bellfield Primary School (NC)

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, October 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Bellfield Primary School (NC)

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in B31 1, the school’s postcode sector

Birmingham property prices →
£216,000
median sale, 313 sales in 36 months · Birmingham £225,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025B31 1Birmingham
B31 1Birmingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£340K
Semi-detached
£245K
Terraced
£192K
Flat
£125K
B31 1Birmingham

Homes in B31 1 sell for a little under Birmingham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

29 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCDC−D−C+DA+AC−CC+CDB−A−B+A−C−C+C+C+A−B−C+B+C−B+Bellfield Primary School (N…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Birmingham, B31 1PT

Bellfield Primary School (NC): common questions

How hard is it to get into Bellfield Primary School (NC)?

For September 2026, 46 families put Bellfield Primary School (NC) first and all of them were offered a place; 48 places were offered in all.

What is Bellfield Primary School (NC)’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (October 2024).

How much do houses cost near Bellfield Primary School (NC)?

Homes in its postcode sector, B31 1, sold for a median £216,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (313 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Birmingham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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