Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamLocal Authority

Nottingham EastConstituency

NG3 2LEPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Nottingham, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 452 pupils. Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School is part of FLYING HIGH TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 76%
Higher standard: 17%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

33%

Asian

14%

Black

26%

Mixed

17%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

452

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

51%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 452
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: FLYING HIGH TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 Jun 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.