The Belham Primary School

What Ofsted found

Full inspection, June 2024.

• Outcome: The Belham Primary School continues to be a good school.
• Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• Inspectors found that pupils behave incredibly well because the school has high expectations of behaviour.
• Inspectors found that reading is prioritised, with children taught to read as soon as they join Reception.
• Inspectors found that teachers do not always check sharply enough what pupils know and remember, so some pupils develop gaps in their learning.

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The school

• Classes have up to 30 children led by a class teacher.
• The school's values are bravery, equality, trustworthiness and ambition.
• The school aims to inspire every child to be ambitious in their learning, creative in their thinking and kind in their actions.

Source: The Belham Primary School website; The Belham Primary School website; The Belham Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

Music, sport and trips

• PE is taught twice a week by specialist teachers, covering sport and dance.

Source: The Belham Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

Admissions

• The school is a non-selective and fully-inclusive community school.
• The school has 60 places each year in its Reception classes.

Source: The Belham Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

The school day and clubs

• Gates open at 8.45am and pick up is at 3.25pm.
• Booking for clubs is completed via a Google Form.

Source: The Belham Primary School website; The Belham Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

Support

• The school is a mainstream school and classes have up to 30 children led by a class teacher.
• The SENDCo is Ms Emma Chan, who coordinates provision for children with additional needs.

Source: The Belham Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

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