Tile Cross Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Birmingham
Gressel Lane, Birmingham, B33 9UF
54
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 04/06/2024
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.4%
38.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
620
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
630 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
93 of 108 families who put it first got an offer
126
Places offered
507
Total applications
4.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 108 | 93 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 89 | 25 | ● 28% |
| 3rd preference | 98 | 7 | ● 7% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 212 | 1 | ● 0% |
| Total | 507 | 126 | 25% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 14 applications came from outside the council area (4 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Gurt Sanghera
- Address
- Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, Birmingham, B33 9UF
- Phone
- 01215666400
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Glebe Farm & Tile Cross · Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 144306
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 76% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 43% | — | — |
| SEN support | 19% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
620 pupils · 630 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 June 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 670 pupils
Attendance
89.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
38.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 38.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.26 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 33% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 51% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.36 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 27.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 48.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 31.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.17 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 104 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.