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Blackwater Academy Sandwell

Independent · ages 11-16MixedIndependent38 pupilsTiptonSandwell
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Places12 spare38 pupils, 50 places
Pupils on roll38Census January 2024

Blackwater Academy Sandwell is an independent school in Tipton for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 38 pupils and room for 50.

Horseley Road, Tipton, DY4 7NB0121 285 5123Lucy Jelf headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Sandwell council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll38Census January 2024
Places5076% full
Pupils from low-income families–Get free school meals
Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%2 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls25 / 13

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m27912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate93 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£215,000Sandwell

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Q3 Academy TiptonAcademy290 m1,563No overall grade 202510Compare
Albright Education CentrePupil referral unit290 m20No overall grade 2024–Compare
St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England420 m233Good 202255Compare
Great Bridge Primary SchoolCouncil540 m457Good 202449Compare
Joseph Turner Primary SchoolCouncil570 m408Good 202440Compare
Summerhill Primary AcademyAcademy870 m778Report card 20269Compare
Jubilee Park AcademyAcademy0.6 miles200Good 202026Compare
Compass Community School Victoria ParkIndependent0.7 miles30Not inspected–Compare
All schools in SandwellAll schools in TiptonBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Blackwater Academy Sandwell a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Blackwater Academy Sandwell yet.

How many pupils does Blackwater Academy Sandwell have?

38 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 50 places, so it is 76% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Horseley Road, Tipton, DY4 7NB
Telephone
0121 285 5123
Headteacher
Lucy Jelf
Type of school
Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
Phase
Independent school, ages 11-16
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Sandwell
Ward
Great Bridge
Constituency
Tipton and Wednesbury
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
9 December 2025 (new provision)
URN
152215 · LAESTAB 3336021
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from