Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

Tile Cross Academy

11–16Ages
620Pupils
SecondaryPhase
144306URN

Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, Birmingham, B33 9UF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.1per place

close to Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

499 applications for 123 places · 47th of 83 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

36.7of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

83rd of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 4 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

4.1applications per place, Year 7

close to Birmingham median (4.2) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

499 applications · 123 places offered · 113 named it first

2026 4.1; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 4.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 2.8; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.5
2021 3.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
2020 2.8; Birmingham median median 4.8
2019 2.2; Birmingham median median 4.8
2018 2.2; Birmingham median median 4.6
2017 1.3; Birmingham median median 4.5; as the previous school
2016 1.4; Birmingham median median 3.8; as the previous school
2015 1.0; Birmingham median median 3.6; as the previous school
2014 1.0; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 0 of 9 years.

This school
Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as The International School (URN 103518), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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	123	499	4.1	113	0.92
Sep 2025	126	507	4.0	108	0.86
Sep 2024	120	471	3.9	103	0.86
Sep 2023	147	405	2.8	79	0.54
Sep 2022	120	370	3.1	72	0.60
Sep 2021	96	289	3.0	51	0.53
Sep 2020	107	301	2.8	49	0.46
Sep 2019	109	236	2.2	34	0.31
Sep 2018	84	182	2.2	24	0.29
Sep 2017 *	138	183	1.3	35	0.25
Sep 2016 *	118	165	1.4	33	0.28
Sep 2015 *	159	159	1.0	34	0.21
Sep 2014 *	176	168	1.0	46	0.26

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

96 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.783rd of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%79th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths47%

Birmingham 65% England 66%

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.26

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	96	36.7	29%	47%	–
2024/25	104	35.6	28%	48%	–
2023/24	107	38.1	33%	51%	−0.26
2022/23	104	35.3	27%	47%	−0.30

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Tile Cross AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

4.1applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
John Henry Newman Catholic College
1.2 km · Solihull

2026

3.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
Grace Academy Solihull
1.3 km · Solihull

2026

3.7applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
1.5 km · Solihull

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.6applications per place 33.4Attainment 8
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
1.9 km · Birmingham

Good2023

3.9applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)
1.9 km · Solihull

Graded · no overall grade2024

34.5Attainment 8
Cockshut Hill School
2.1 km · Birmingham

Good2023

3.0applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
Smith's Wood Academy
2.4 km · Solihull

Special measures 2026

2.4applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
Park Hall Academy
3.2 km · Solihull

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 46.1Attainment 8

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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 144306 · 330/4024
Trust: Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 630 pupils · 620 on roll
Free school meals: 75.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 May 2017
Replaced: The International School (URN 103518)
Address: Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, Birmingham, B33 9UF
Local authority: Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources