Tipton Green Junior School, Tipton

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Tipton Green Junior School on 6 areas: 1 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils benefit from a comprehensive personal development programme that helps them become confident and well-rounded individuals."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders, in partnership with the trust, are tackling a legacy of underachievement with success."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a suitably broad and ambitious curriculum that helps pupils build the right knowledge and skills securely over time."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a culture where every pupil matters, and staff share a clear understanding of pupils' learning and developmental needs."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school and trust have established greater stability following recent changes in staffing and leadership."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders, in collaboration with the trust, should continue to strengthen consistency in the curriculum and teaching so that improvements in pupils' achievement are sustained over time and secure higher standards"; "Leaders should further support staff to adapt learning activities that are even more closely matched to the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities".

In its own words: "Tipton Green Junior School is a large, community-based primary school located in the centre of Tipton. It is a large three-form entry junior school with around 350 pupils on roll from Year 3 to Year 6. In March 2023, Tipton Green Junior converted to an academy, joining the Elston Hall Learning Trust alongside five other schools across Wolverhampton and Walsall."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball, rugby, gymnastics, multi-sports, dance, drama, STEM, cooking, gardening and art.

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at Tipton Green Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 75% in Sandwell and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 62% in reading and 51% in maths in 2024.

Across Sandwell, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Sandwell lodged 79 appeals against primary school offers; 55 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (1.8% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Tipton Green Junior School are Silvertrees Academy (under 0.1 miles, Good); St Pauls Church of England Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 83% reading, 79% maths); Sacred Heart Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 69% reading, 74% maths); and Foxyards Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 79% reading, 79% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Tipton Green Junior School.

Tipton Green Junior School is one of 6 schools run by Elston Hall Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

46 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Tipton Green Junior School (as of April 2026): 83% would recommend the school, 76% say their child is happy there and 86% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (91%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (65%).

50.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 33% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (41%), Asian (31%) and Black (9%).

In 2026, 75 pupils (21.9%) received SEN support and 7 (2%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Tipton Rail Station, about 550 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Silvertrees Road (after), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Tipton Green Junior School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Tipton Green Junior School issued 9 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Tipton Green Junior School are Q3 Academy Tipton (0.9 miles), St James Academy (1.3 miles) and Bishop Milner Catholic College (1.5 miles).