Gospel Oak School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tipton, DY4 0BZ
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Q3 Academy Tipton
Alexandra Road, Tipton, DY4 7NR
Local ranking18th of 20 secondary schools in Sandwell
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1550
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 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
- Good
- 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
- 34.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 13.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 37.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 281
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
22.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
35
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 103
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1558
- Boys
- 739 (47%)
- Girls
- 824 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1550 (101% full)
- SEND
- 11.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.2%
- EAL
- 39.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 9.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,506/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
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 48.8%
- Asian Indian: 10.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.3%
- White Other: 7.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 5.3%
- Black African: 4.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Black Caribbean: 2.8%
48.8%
White British
10.0%
Asian Indian
8.3%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Alexandra Road
Tipton, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 146383
- UKPRN
- 10081429
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- THE MERCIAN TRUST
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