Summerhill Primary Academy, Tipton

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Summerhill Primary Academy on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is a significant strength of the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders adopt a tenacious approach to managing attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that there is a broad and balanced curriculum for pupils to learn."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children make a positive start in the early years."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, and those responsible for governance, always act in the best interests of pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a coherent and well sequenced personal, social, health and economic education programme."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Some pupils are not as well prepared for their next stage of education as they could be."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue with their recent and increasingly successful work to ensure that all pupils attend school when they should"; "Leaders should continue to embed the impact of their work on strengthening important foundational skills, particularly writing, so that pupils consistently achieve well"; "Leaders should further develop how adults support and extend children's play in the early years, making the most of every opportunity for learning and developing their speech, language and vocabulary"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils are given sufficient time to apply their skills independently, particularly in writing, across the curriculum".

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Summerhill Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 75% in Sandwell and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 64% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 76 families put Summerhill Primary Academy as their first choice and 138 named it as one of their preferences, for 77 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Summerhill Primary Academy are Joseph Turner Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 85% reading, 83% maths); St Pauls Church of England Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 83% reading, 79% maths); Jubilee Park Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 70% maths); and St Martin's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 69% reading, 62% maths).

Summerhill Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Summerhill Primary Academy is one of 15 schools run by The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 123 pupils (15.8%) received SEN support and 11 (1.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Tipton Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Arthur Road (adjacent), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Summerhill Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Summerhill Primary Academy issued 21 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Summerhill Primary Academy are Q3 Academy Tipton (0.4 miles) and Gospel Oak School (1.1 miles).