Belleville Road, Battersea, London SW11 6PR
10 reasons to choose Belleville Primary School
Main point of differentiation
Belleville Primary School is one of the best state primary schools in Battersea and Clapham, ranking in the top 100 in the country, with a Schoolsmith Score® of 73. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
Belleville Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 4 members of Quality First Education Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Belleville Primary School has four or five classes per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Belleville Primary School ranks in the top 4% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 30% of schools. Pupils have gone on to any one of 50 different secondary schools, though 40-50% go to Bolingbroke Academy. 30% go on to academically selective private & state schools.
The Belleville Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately with an enquiry-led approach. There is cross-subject linking and referencing through half-termly themes. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are educational day trips, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for art, music and sport from Year 1 and for languages from Year 3.
Sport at Belleville Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Belleville Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and orchestra. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.30pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Belleville Primary School
Dolphin School, Battersea (0.1 miles); Broomwood Prep Boys (0.4 miles); Thomas’s Clapham (0.5 miles).
Honeywell Infant & Junior Schools (0.3 miles); Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School, Balham (0.9 miles); Chesterton Primary School (1.2 miles).
Emanuel School (0.3 miles); Thames Christian School (1 mile); Streatham and Clapham High School (2.4 miles).
Chestnut Grove School (1.1 miles); Ernest Bevin College (1.4 miles); La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School (1.5 miles).