Q3 Academy Tipton

Academy sponsor ledSecondaryAges 11–19MixedSixth form

Alexandra Road, Tipton, DY4 7NR

Headteacher · Mr Adam Slack

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,563Capacity 1,550

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 29 April 2025

TrustThe Mercian Trust

Free school meals47.8%

Inspection on 29 April 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Sandwell council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

270 of the 271 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered294

Applications453

First choice271

First-choice offers270

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).