School admissions in Tipton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Tipton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Tipton first 510 times for 518 places: 0.98 first choices per place. One of the 12 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
12 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Ocker Hill Infant School | 1.17 | 60 |
| Joseph Turner Primary School | 1.00 | 34 |
| St Pauls Church of England Academy | 1.00 | 20 |
| Silvertrees Academy | 0.99 | 84 |
| Summerhill Primary Academy | 0.99 | 77 |
| Great Bridge Primary School | 0.98 | 52 |
| Glebefields Primary School | 0.96 | 27 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | 0.95 | 42 |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | 0.95 | 21 |
| Jubilee Park Academy | 0.95 | 19 |
| Wednesbury Oak Academy | 0.94 | 48 |
| Foxyards Primary School | 0.79 | 34 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.