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Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School

Birmingham, B12 0EJPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
1 Good · 4 Requires improvement
Feb 2025
KS2 Results
50%
meeting expected standard in RWM
First choices / offers
0.7×
First choices did not exceed offers made
4 1st-choice / 6 offers made
Ranking
#13,564
of 13,686 nationally

About Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School

Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School is a state-funded primary school in Birmingham, West Midlands, for pupils aged 4 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 138 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 218.

The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Inadequate (11 Feb 2025). 50% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25. admissions data records 4 first-preference applications and 6 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.

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Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterSeventh Day Adventist
Address29 Ravenhurst Street, Camp Hill, Birmingham, Birmingham, B12 0EJ
HeadteacherMrs Susan Sidhu
Local AuthorityBirmingham
Number of Pupils138
Free School Meals (FSM)33.3%
School Capacity138 / 218 (63% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

11 Feb 2025
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Quality of Education
Inadequate
Behaviour & Attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Inadequate
Early Years Provision
Inadequate

State-funded school inspections stopped receiving a single overall grade from September 2024. Renewed inspections from November 2025 use report cards with separate five-point grades that are not directly comparable with the old scale.

Source: Ofsted, 30 Mar 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Published SEND Data

AutismMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education. Confirm current provision with the school's SENCO.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:15

Source: hbsda.bham.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School has been rated "Inadequate" by Ofsted. This is the overall judgement recorded under the inspection framework in use on the inspection date. Read the report for the findings and subsequent monitoring.