Timbertree Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Cradley Heath, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.457 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Timbertree Academy is a primary school in Cradley Heath, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Timbertree Academy 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 | 0.457 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.457 miles away, 9th shortest of the 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 1.4 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 86 Sandwell primary schools, with 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers.
- Of those 2026 Reception offers, 29 went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Valley Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7LT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 31.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Timbertree Academy is an impressive school.”
- “The school’s vision of ‘together we learn to succeed’ is lived out daily.”
- “Positive relationships are at the heart of achieving successful outcomes.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils miss school and the exceptional education on offer.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 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) | 86% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Old Hill Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corngreaves Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Reddal Hill Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Temple Meadow Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highfields Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brickhouse Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackheath Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published