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Timbertree Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Valley Road, Cradley Heath B64 7LT · timbertreeacademy.org.uk · 01384 567830
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 86%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sandwell 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.46 mi
- 0.74 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 221
- 11 over 210 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 43.5%
- First language not English
- 11.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.46 mi (736 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.55 mi (2.49 km). Source: Sandwell Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 71% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.46 mi0.74 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.55 mi2.49 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
The council gives N/A for the furthest distance: no distance was needed (the school was not over-subscribed).
Results
In 2024/25, 86% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Sandwell it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲86% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Timbertree Academy on 7 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Mar 2010Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 44
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (30%) with SEND