Summerhill Primary 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 🔒
Summerhill Primary Academy is a primary school in Tipton, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Summerhill Primary 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, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 63 of the 86 other Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 76 first-choice applications for 77 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 50% of pupils, against a middle figure of 42.6% 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
- Upper Church Lane, Tipton, DY4 9PF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 778 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils learn in a community that recognises them for their individual talents and personalities.”
- “They know how these values will help them in adult life.”
- “The school prioritises the personal development and inclusion of pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “Some pupils do not attend school as regularly as they could.”
- “This means they miss out on important learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2026 (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) | 50% | 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: 76 first-preference applications, 77 offers in total, 76 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.
- Joseph Turner Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Pauls Church of England Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jubilee Park Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Glebefields Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Silvertrees Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tipton Green Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Great Bridge Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published