St Pauls Church of England Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Tipton, Sandwell·DY4 9BH
Composite score
61.2
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#3,592
National rank
#335
In West Midlands
#15
In Sandwell
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
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%
20 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
32
any preference, for 20 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.8920230.8120241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put St Pauls Church of England Academy 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
195
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,646
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Pauls Church of England Academy

St Pauls Church of England Academy is a primary school in Tipton, Sandwell, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 195 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 69% 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 fallen by 12.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% 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). 14% 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 St Pauls Church of England Academy their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. St Pauls Church of England Academy 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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