Great Bridge Primary School

Community school·Primary school Tipton, Sandwell·DY4 7DE
Composite score
56.4
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#5,008
National rank
#486
In West Midlands
#22
In Sandwell
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
51 first choices, 52 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 52 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
1.1320221.0020230.9820241.0020250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Great Bridge Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
459
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
46.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.8
Typical primary: 20.7

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Great Bridge Primary School is a primary school serving Tipton, Sandwell, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 459 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 34% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Great Bridge Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 52 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 26.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Great Bridge Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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