Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School
29 Ravenhurst Street, Camp Hill, Birmingham, B12 0EJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Seventh Day Adventist
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Susan Sidhu
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 218
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- URN
- 136440
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01216937742
About this school
Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School is a Seventh Day Adventist voluntary aided primary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 138 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 25 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 20% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 56% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 40% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 60% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist 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 | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 20% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 179 |
| 2023/24 | 169 |
| 2024/25 | 169 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School compares
Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School ranked 232nd of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 4.2% | 40.2% | 138 | — |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 76% | 5.1% | 64.9% | 192 | 0.1 miles |
| Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery | 63% | 6.3% | 56.9% | 188 | 0.5 miles |
| Regents Park Community Primary School | 69% | 5.5% | 69.5% | 398 | 0.5 miles |
| Chandos Primary School | 60% | 6.2% | 55.6% | 449 | 0.5 miles |
| Lift Percy Shurmer | 86% | 4.8% | 68.3% | 459 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.24%
- English as an additional language
- 30.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.23%
- Persistent absence
- 7.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Regents Park Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Chandos Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Lift Percy Shurmer0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School ranks 236th of the 273 ranked primary schools in Birmingham.
- Abbey Catholic Primary School Primary
- Acocks Green Primary School Primary
- Adderley Primary School Primary
- Al-Furqan Primary School Primary
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Primary
- Allens Croft Primary School Primary
- Alston Primary School Primary
- Anderton Park Primary School Primary
- Anglesey Primary School Primary
- Arden Primary School Primary
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy Primary
- Aston Tower Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School teach?
- Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the head teacher of Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School?
- The head teacher of Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School is Mrs Susan Sidhu, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist 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 many pupils are at Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School?
- Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School has 138 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School full?
- Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School has capacity for 218 pupils and 138 on roll (63%), so it has space against 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 Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School a faith school?
- Yes. Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School is designated Seventh Day Adventist.
- Does Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School compare with other schools in Birmingham?
- Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School ranked 232nd of 266 primary schools in Birmingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School's absence rate?
- Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist 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 1 July 2026.