Belvue School
Rowdell Road, Northolt, UB5 6AG
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sana Bhopal
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Ealing North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 227
- Pupils on roll
- 228
- URN
- 101965
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088455766
About this school
Belvue School is a community special school in Northolt. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 228 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 36 | 26 | 29 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.1 | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | -1.63 -2.11 to -1.14 | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Belvue School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 222 |
| 2023/24 | 226 |
| 2024/25 | 230 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.51%
- English as an additional language
- 56.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.75%
- Persistent absence
- 30.85%
Location
Nearby schools
-
John Chilton School0.7 miles
Special schools · Northolt
-
Ealing Primary Centre1.0 miles
Local authority maintained schools · London
-
Grand Union Village School1.1 miles
Free Schools · Northolt
-
The Willows School1.3 miles
Academies · Hayes
-
Seva Education1.4 miles
Special schools · South Harrow
Other schools in Northolt
- Grand Union Village School Free Schools
- John Chilton School Special schools
- Downe Manor Primary School Primary
- Gifford Primary School Primary
- Greenwood Primary School Primary
- Petts Hill Primary School Primary
- St Raphael's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Viking Primary School Primary
- Willow Tree Primary School Primary
- Wood End Primary School Primary
- Islip Manor High School Secondary
- Alec Reed Academy All-through
Common questions
- What year groups does Belvue School teach?
- Belvue School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Northolt.
- Who is the headteacher of Belvue School?
- The headteacher of Belvue School is Mrs Sana Bhopal, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Belvue School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Belvue School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Belvue School?
- Belvue School has 228 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Belvue School full?
- Belvue School has capacity for 227 pupils and 228 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Belvue School a faith school?
- No. Belvue School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Belvue School have?
- The schools register lists Belvue School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Belvue School's absence rate?
- Belvue School's overall absence rate is 10.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Belvue School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Belvue School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.