Glebefields Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Tipton, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Glebefields Primary School is a primary school in Tipton, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Glebefields Primary 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Free school meals reach 57.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 42.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, from 25 March 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome, from 15 November 2022, was Requires improvement.
- Reception in 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Sandgate Road, Tipton, DY4 0SX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 366 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and feel safe here.”
- “Some pupils say that the school is like a second home to them.”
- “The school has high expectations for all its pupils to achieve academic success.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, teachers do not explain the meaning of some important words with enough precision.”
- “Although many teachers check carefully on what pupils know and remember, this is not consistently effective across school.”
- “This hinders learning for a few pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 46% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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.
- Wednesbury Oak Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Jubilee Park Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Joseph Turner Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Summerhill Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ocker Hill Academy 0.6 mi Good
- Ocker Hill Infant School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Pauls Church of England Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Great Bridge Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published