Q3 Academy Tipton
Secondary schoolQ3 Academy Tipton is a secondary school in Sandwell, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 1,563 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Q3 Academy Tipton was 34.1, against 42.1 in Sandwell and 46.2 in England.
13.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 34.1 | 42.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 13.9% | 35.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 55.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 281 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Albright Education CentrePupil referral and alternative provision. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade10 m
- Blackwater Academy SandwellIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file290 m
- Joseph Turner Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)400 m
- St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)440 m
- Summerhill Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- Great Bridge Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sandwell
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).