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Q3 Academy Tipton
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
Alexandra Road, Tipton DY4 7NR · q3tipton.org.uk · 0121 521 1540
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Sandwell 41.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,563
- 13 over 1,550 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 47.8%
- First language not English
- 38.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Mercian Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sandwell Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 271 families put the school first and 294 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 294 | 271 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 279 | 266 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 285 | 251 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 289 | 262 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 296 | 276 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.4, and 18% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sandwell it was 41.8, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (22.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼18.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼34.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼9.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.96 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139328)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 14.2 | −12.7 |
| Sixth form college | 2.4 | −0.3 |
| Further education | 66.1 | +16.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.7 | +1.2 |
| Employment | 2 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.8 | −3.4 |
| Activity not captured | 4.7 | +0.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 students | D+ (22.1) | Below average -0.53 | |
| 35 students | D+ (22.1) | Below average -0.53 | |
| 36 students | Dist- (32.1) | Well above average +1.17 | |
| 13 students | Dist (35.6) | Well above average +1.56 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 39 | C- (27.9) | -0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 34 | D+ (23.8) | — |
| 2018/19 | 28 | D (20.5) | -0.20 |
| 2017/18 | 9 | D+ (24.7) | +0.26 |
| 2016/17 | 31 | D- (17.6) | -0.50 |
| 2015/16 | 40 | D- (15.3) | -0.39 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2022/23 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 53.5 | −0.5 |
| Further and other education | 2.8 | — |
| Further education | 1.4 | — |
| Other education | 1.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 5.6 | +2.4 |
| Employment | 15.5 | −9.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 21.1 | +3.6 |
| Activity not captured | 1.4 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Q3 Academy Tipton on 29 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 29 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139328), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139328)
Nov 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139328)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (47 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 47
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (38%) with SEND