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Silvertrees Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Silvertrees Road, Tipton DY4 8NH · silvertreesacademy.co.uk · 0121 557 1923
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 314
- 44 over 270 places · 116%
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 32.9%
- First language not English
- 49.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sandwell Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 84 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 84 | 83 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 69 | 68 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 80 | 72 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 63 | 62 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 81 | 76 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Silvertrees Academy on 8 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Feb 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 25
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 48% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied