Compass Community School Victoria Park
Compass Community School Victoria Park is an independent special school in Tipton for boys and girls aged 6 to 17. It has 30 pupils and every place is taken.
Victoria Road, Tipton, DY4 8SW0121 827 7861compass-schools.orgMrs Jade Gilchrist headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 30 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 11 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 92% | 88% | 93% | 73% |
The area around the school
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Primary School | Council | 390 m | 418 | Good 2022 | 48 | Compare |
| Silvertrees Academy | Academy | 620 m | 314 | No overall grade 2024 | 27 | Compare |
| Tipton Green Junior School | Academy | 630 m | 342 | Report card 2026 | 12 | Compare |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | Church of England | 660 m | 233 | Good 2022 | 55 | Compare |
| St Pauls Church of England Academy | Academy | 910 m | 195 | Good 2023 | 71 | Compare |
| Q3 Academy Tipton | Academy | 990 m | 1,563 | No overall grade 2025 | 10 | Compare |
| Albright Education Centre | Pupil referral unit | 990 m | 20 | No overall grade 2024 | – | Compare |
| Blackwater Academy Sandwell | Independent | 0.7 miles | 38 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Compass Community School Victoria Park a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Compass Community School Victoria Park yet.
How many pupils does Compass Community School Victoria Park have?
30 pupils aged 6 to 17 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 100% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Victoria Road, Tipton, DY4 8SW
- Telephone
- 0121 827 7861
- Website
- www.compass-schools.org
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jade Gilchrist
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 6-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Ward
- Tipton Green
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 20 November 2020 (new provision)
- URN
- 148064 · LAESTAB 3336017
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.