Q3 Academy Tipton
Ofsted: Good
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tipton, DY4 7NR
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Gospel Oak School
Bilston Road, Gospel Oak, Tipton, DY4 0BZ
Local ranking19th of 20 secondary schools in Sandwell
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 30 September 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 30 September 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 217
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 70.0%
- Higher education
- 26.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
29
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 86
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1210
- Boys
- 599 (53%)
- Girls
- 541 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (81% full)
- SEND
- 14.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.4%
- EAL
- 14.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 13.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,094/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 69.4%
- Asian Indian: 5.6%
- Mixed Other: 4.9%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.4%
- Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Black African: 2.0%
- Other: 1.8%
69.4%
White British
5.6%
Asian Indian
4.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135599
- UKPRN
- 10024208
- Establishment No.
- 6909
- Trust
- CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST
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