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Great Bridge Primary School

Tipton, DY4 7DE · Sandwell · primary school

Ofsted: Good · 2024 Inspected 2 years ago Mixed Primary
5.8/10 Broadly average

27th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell we can score, 93 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 7.5/10 against 2,011 of them, against 6.2/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 67.0 · 57 40% 2.28
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 11.0 · 71 25% 1.77

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 67.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 11.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school Good in June 2024. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (7.5 out of 10 against similar schools, 6.2 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils join multi-sports and Scratch Computing clubs, play football, and visit sites including Ash End Farm, Wroxeter Roman City, and the Birmingham Hippodrome. An after-school club is available, but there is no breakfast club.

Getting in. The school has 457 pupils in a capacity of 500, leaving 43 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who arrive without a breakfast club? What specific progress has been made since the 2024 inspection? How are the 43 remaining places managed for new admissions?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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