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Tile Cross Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, Birmingham B33 9UF · tilecross.academy · 0121 566 6400
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.03 mi
- 1.66 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 620
- 98% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 75.5%
- First language not English
- 35.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.03 mi (1.66 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.23 mi (1.98 km). Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 113 families put the school first and 123 places were offered; 84% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 123 | 113 | 0.9 | 84% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 126 | 108 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 120 | 103 | 0.9 | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 147 | 79 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 120 | 72 | 0.6 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.03 mi1.66 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.23 mi1.98 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.01 mi1.63 km | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.6, and 27.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼27.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼31.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.17 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103518)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 10.3 | +0.2 |
| Sixth form college | 11.2 | −4 |
| Further education | 52.3 | +15.9 |
| Other education | 0.9 | −4.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.2 | −4 |
| Activity not captured | 13.1 | 0 |
Ofsted
Tile Cross Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 4 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103518), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2014Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103518)
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 10
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied