Silvertrees Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · 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 🔒
Silvertrees Academy is a primary school in Tipton, Sandwell for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Silvertrees 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 | 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, with 83 first-choice applications for 84 offers and 1 offer going to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 26.4% are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 38.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
- The Ofsted inspection on 8 October 2024 was not judged; the previous graded outcome, from 9 April 2019, was Good.
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
- Silvertrees Road, Tipton, DY4 8NH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 314 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils and their families are warmly greeted at Silvertrees Academy.”
- “The school sets high expectations for all pupils’ achievement, particularly in reading.”
- “Pupils meet these expectations.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not yet evaluated the impact of recent work to improve pupil attendance, and considered where future improvements need to be made, so that all pupils attend school regularly.”
- “At times, pupils are not effectively supported to correct errors when writing.”
- “Hence, some pupils do not make the progress they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 83 first-preference applications, 84 offers in total, 83 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.
- Tipton Green Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Pauls Church of England Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Summerhill Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burnt Tree Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Joseph Turner Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Tividale Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published