St Pauls Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
St Pauls Church of England Academy is a primary school in Tipton, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Pauls Church of England 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
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 63 of the 86 other Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 36.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 50% 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
- Robert Road, Tipton, DY4 9BH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 June 2023
Strengths
- “Many pupils spoken to describe the school as ‘great fun’.”
- “They not only enjoy their subjects, especially art and design, but also the wide range of additional activities on offer, such as the school choir and popcorn reading.”
- “Leaders are highly ambitious for all pupils to do as well as they can, which they do, especially in writing and mathematics.”
To improve
- “They recognise that, in some subjects, there is more to do to ensure that assessment is used more effectively to understand how pupils are getting on.”
- “Others, including some older pupils, are not so sure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 July 2023 (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) | 69% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- Summerhill Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Silvertrees Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tipton Green Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Joseph Turner Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Glebefields Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jubilee Park Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published