Organisation Bellfield Infant and Junior School Amalgamate

Overview

Proposal to Make Changes to Bellfield Infant School & Bellfield Junior School:

Birmingham City Council is consulting on a draft proposal to make the following change to the school(s), a community school located at Vineyard Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 1PT: 

• Discontinue Bellfield Junior School;
• Enlarge Bellfield Infant School
• Alter the age range of Bellfield Infant School to 3 – 11 years old
• Implementation 1^st September 2026

The details and reasons for this change are explained in the complete proposal document attached at the bottom of this consultation webpage.

Why your views matter

There is a process that Birmingham City Council must follow to propose and decide this type of change. The process requires public consultaiton to invite comments from interested parties.

What happens next

The pre-publication consultation will start on 15th January 2026 and close on 12th February 2026.

During this time, anyone may make comments in support or objection to this proposal via the survey link at the bottom of this webpage.

At the end of the consultation period, all responses will be presented to (pre-pub) the Birmingham City Council & Governing Board for consideration for continuing to statutory publication state the decision maker for their consideration*. The decision maker is Birmingham City Council's Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Culture.

When the decision has been made, the official determination will be published on this webpage with a link to the information about the statutory publication stage will be sent to stakeholders.

(*Personal or identifying information is removed from responses before sharing with the decision maker.)