Ocker Hill Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Tipton, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.284 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ocker Hill Infant School is a primary school in Tipton, Sandwell for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ocker Hill Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.284 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.284 miles away, the 3rd longest of 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 14 of the 108 applications (13%) came from families living outside Sandwell, and 6 offers went to them.
- 20.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 42.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sandwell schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, DY4 0DS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “This school does an excellent job.”
- “It sets high expectations and provides consistent, purposeful routines for all.”
- “This enables pupils to settle in quickly, make the most of lessons and experience success.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sandwell.
- Ocker Hill Academy 0.0 mi Good
- Jubilee Park Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Glebefields Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Joseph Turner Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Bridge Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wednesbury Oak Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holyhead Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Summerhill Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published