Belmont Primary School

About Belmont Primary School

Belmont Primary School in South Derbyshire is clearly popular with local families, and the numbers back that up. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 116 applications for just 54 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.15. Of those, 47 families put Belmont as their first preference, and all 47 were offered a place. That level of demand suggests a strong reputation among parents in the area. The school is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with no religious character, and is led by headteacher Julie Fern Wright. It currently has 415 pupils on roll, just shy of its capacity of 436, so it is running close to full. While the data does not include a specific parent recommendation percentage, the oversubscription figures alone tell you that this is a school many families are actively choosing.

Academically, Belmont’s most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2022 rated it Good across all five categories: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision. That is consistent with its previous inspection in 2013, which also rated it Good. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 37% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is well below the Derbyshire local authority average of 59%, and places Belmont 27th out of 30 schools in South Derbyshire on this measure. Average scores in reading and maths were both 102, and the proportion reaching the higher standard in those subjects was 13% each. In writing, 53% met the expected standard and just 2% reached the higher standard. These results place Belmont in the bottom 50 nationally, so while the school is rated Good by Ofsted, its academic outcomes are notably lower than many peers in the area.

Belmont offers a solid range of facilities including a music room, sensory room, gymnasium, sports hall, ICT suite and playing fields. Sports on offer include tennis, gymnastics, rounders, dance and swimming, and there are clubs such as chess, art, film, choir, science and gardening. The school has a particularly broad set of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language issues, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. This makes it a strong option for families whose children need additional support. The school is oversubscribed, so applying as a first preference is advisable. Belmont will suit families who value a Good-rated school with strong SEND support and a wide range of activities, and who are comfortable with academic results that sit below the local average.

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