Ofsted inspection · 20/02/2024
Overview of Bells Farm Primary School · Primary · Birmingham
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 73% | 7% | 93% | 50% | 77% | 7% | 87% | 33% | 90% | 97% | 108.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 202 |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 7% | 83% | 31% | 76% | 7% | 76% | 28% | 76% | 83% | 106.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 23% | 203 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 13% | 77% | 53% | 73% | 20% | 77% | 23% | 77% | 83% | 109.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | +2.70 | -0.10 | -0.80 | 27% | 199 |
| 2018/19 | 82% | 14% | 89% | 36% | 82% | 18% | 96% | 25% | 86% | 86% | 104.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 | +0.50 | +0.40 | +2.70 | 18% | 206 |
| 2017/18 | 68% | 11% | 86% | 18% | 75% | 21% | 96% | 43% | 82% | 89% | 104.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 | -0.30 | -1.20 | +3.90 | 15% | 202 |
| 2016/17 | 60% | 0% | 70% | 7% | 73% | 7% | 87% | 13% | 70% | 83% | 101.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 | -0.30 | +0.40 | +1.50 | 19% | 207 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 202 | 22.2 | 24% | 27% | 40% | 5% | 16% |
| 2023/24 | 203 | 15.5 | 23% | 26% | 41% | 6% | 14% |
| 2022/23 | 199 | 19.7 | 27% | 22% | 42% | 6% | 15% |
| 2021/22 | 203 | 17.5 | 24% | 17% | 49% | 5% | 13% |
| 2020/21 | 201 | 19.3 | 23% | 16% | 52% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 206 | 16.6 | 18% | 16% | 49% | 4% | 6% |
| 2017/18 | 202 | 16.3 | 15% | 13% | 52% | 4% | 9% |
| 2016/17 | 207 | 16.2 | 19% | 10% | 56% | 4% | 8% |
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