Schools in Tipton
Tipton is a Black Country town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell with 19 state schools - 14 primary and 2 secondary - serving one of the most densely populated parts of the West Midlands. Sandwell Council coordinates admissions for community schools, applying home-to-school distance as the key oversubscription tiebreaker. The area has a diverse and multicultural community, and several schools in Tipton serve pupil populations with a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals.
Secondary admissions in Tipton are managed through Sandwell's co-ordinated scheme, which covers both local schools and popular schools elsewhere in the borough. Families should be aware that some schools in Tipton are academies with their own individual admissions criteria, which may differ from Sandwell Council's standard distance policy. Sandwell's secondary admissions round closes in late October, with offers made in March. Primary applications close in January.
School demand in Tipton
Across the 19 schools in Tipton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 87%. 4 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Tipton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
10 of the schools in Tipton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Sandwell, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Tipton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Tipton: 3 oversubscribed (14)
Great Bridge Primary School
Primary · Community school
Tipton · DY4 7DE
Ocker Hill Infant School
Primary · Community school
Tipton · DY4 0DS
Glebefields Primary School
Primary · Community school
Tipton · DY4 0SX
Joseph Turner Primary School
Primary · Community school
Tipton · DY4 0RN
St Martin's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tipton · DY4 7PG
Sacred Heart Primary School
Primary · Community school
Tipton · DY4 8UH
Jubilee Park Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Tipton · DY4 0QS
Ocker Hill Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Tipton · DY4 0DS
Silvertrees Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Tipton · DY4 8NH
Wednesbury Oak Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Tipton · DY4 0AR
St Pauls Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Tipton · DY4 9BH
Summerhill Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Tipton · DY4 9PF
Foxyards Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Tipton · DY4 8BH
Tipton Green Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Tipton · DY4 8PR
Secondary Schools in Tipton (2)
Other Schools in Tipton (3)
Albright Education Centre
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Tipton · DY4 7NR
Compass Community School Victoria Park
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Tipton · DY4 8SW
Tipton Green College
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Tipton · DY4 9ER
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Tipton are set by Sandwell and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.