Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Sandwell
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry108 applications · 60 places offered · 70 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2024 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2023 1.6; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2022 2.0; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2021 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2020 1.8; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2018 1.9; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2017 2.1; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2016 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.7
- 2015 1.9; Sandwell median median 1.6
- 2014 1.5; Sandwell median median 1.6
- This school
- Sandwell median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 108 | 1.8 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2025 | 51 | 81 | 1.6 | 48 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 102 | 1.7 | 65 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 94 | 1.6 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 118 | 2.0 | 90 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 99 | 1.7 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 107 | 1.8 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 101 | 1.7 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 123 | 2.1 | 80 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 103 | 1.7 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 88 | 1.5 | 62 | 1.03 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ocker Hill Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place
- 0.0 km · SandwellGood202477%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · SandwellStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · SandwellGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SandwellGood20242.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · SandwellRemains Good20241.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Sandwell20261.8applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Sandwell20262.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · WalsallRemains Good20241.5applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 103919 · 333/2060
- Capacity
- 258 pupils · 221 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, DY4 0DS
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources