Q3 Academy Tipton

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry

D+

Average points per entry

22.1

England average 32.3

A level students

35

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1563

Places

1550

How full

Full — 1563 pupils against 1550 places

Girls / boys

824 / 739

Overall absence

9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

27%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

46%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

40%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

9%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

92%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

89%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

25%

No sustained destination

4%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

246

After sixth form

Went to university

54%

England 50%

In education, work or training

83%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

63

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Sandwell 016A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

28%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

21%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

67%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

5%

England 17%

Households with no car

15%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

29%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–19

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

THE MERCIAN TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Adam Slack

Local authority

Sandwell

Ward

Great Bridge

Constituency

Tipton and Wednesbury

URN

146383

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.