Tile Cross Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.03 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tile Cross Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Tile Cross 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.03 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 1.03 miles from the school, nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024.
- In 2024/25, 28% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 113 first-choice applications for 123 offers; 95 offers went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 75.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham is 56%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, Birmingham, B33 9UF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 620 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 75.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “Tile Cross is a much-improved, good school.”
- “Pupils speak positively about the changes they have seen and are clear that this is a school where expectations for pupils are high, where behaviour is good and where staff will go the extra mile to provide opportunities.”
- “Pupils are happy and know that all are respected from different backgrounds, as the school prides itself on the welcome it gives to pupils.”
To improve
- “Although assessment is often used effectively to identify when pupils have misconceptions or gaps in their understanding, on some occasions this is not the case.”
- “This means that these gaps can persist, as they are missed.”
- “This has resulted in improved attendance, although the school recognises that there is still more work to do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2024 (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) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.6 | 46 |
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: 113 first-preference applications, 123 offers in total, 95 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 Birmingham.
- King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cockshut Hill School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hodge Hill Girls' School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hodge Hill College 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift Greenwood 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saltley Academy 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Waverley Studio College 2.7 mi School remains Good