Gospel Oak School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Tipton, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sandwell Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gospel Oak School is a secondary school in Tipton, Sandwell for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 30 September 2025. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Gospel Oak 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, 143 first-choice applications for 160 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 17 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 2026, 58 of the 281 applications (21%) came from families living outside Sandwell, and 26 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 18% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 32.8 (England 46).
- A level 2024/25: average grade D+ (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level well below average.
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
- Bilston Road, Gospel Oak, Tipton, DY4 0BZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,140 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 30 September 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff agree that Gospel Oak School is a school that is transformed.”
- “It is a calm place, where pupils feel safe.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm.”
To improve
- “However, recent cohorts have not achieved as well as they should because the impact of teaching is not yet consistent.”
- “There are some occasions where teachers do not use information about what pupils know and can do effectively.”
- “This means that, sometimes, the work that pupils do does not lead to them making secure progress through the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 October 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 18% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 32.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 143 first-preference applications, 160 offers in total, 143 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sandwell.
- Q3 Academy Tipton 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Wood Green Academy 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- George Salter Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Phoenix Collegiate 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shireland Biomedical Utc 2.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published