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Gospel Oak School

URN
135599
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Gospel Oak School
URN
135599
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

46 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

30

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

49

Destinations

44

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
22 October 2025
Inspection date
30 September 2025
Inspection type
Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 3
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 22 October 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 22 October 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

150

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

220

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

128

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.47×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Sandwell
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Sandwell)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://gospeloakschool.co.uk/

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

32.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

17.6%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

36.1%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

6.5%

EBacc achievement

Location

DY4 0BZ - Bilston Road, Gospel Oak, Tipton, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Bilston Road, Gospel Oak, Tipton, West Midlands
Postcode
DY4 0BZ
Phone
1215561351
Website
https://gospeloakschool.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Sandwell
Local authority code
333

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 271 schools in Sandwell.

Authority statistics

Total schools

271

Open schools

135

Closed schools

136

Primary schools

177

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 22 October 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 22 October 2025

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 22 October 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    22 October 202530 September 2025Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 3InspectionView report for inspection published 22 October 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      22 October 2025
      Inspected
      30 September 2025
      Type
      Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 3
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    58.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 115

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    0.9%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Well below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    22.9

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.69

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    0.0%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    81.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    5.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    47

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary177 (66.0%)
    • Secondary47 (17.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other44 (16.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Willingsworth High School264 mSecondaryClosed
    St Martin's Church of England Primary School565 mPrimaryClosed
    St Martin's Church of England Primary School565 mPrimaryOpen
    Wednesbury Oak Academy584 mPrimaryOpen
    Wednesbury Oak Primary School584 mPrimaryClosed
    Moorcroft Wood Academy667 mPrimaryOpen
    Moorcroft Wood Primary School667 mPrimaryClosed
    Dorothy Purcell Junior School718 mPrimaryClosed
    Glebefields Primary School767 mPrimaryOpen
    Ocker Hill Academy940 mPrimaryOpen
    • Willingsworth High School
      Distance
      264 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Martin's Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      565 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Martin's Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      565 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Wednesbury Oak Academy
      Distance
      584 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Sandwell)

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      Phase
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      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Bristnall Hall Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Bristnall Hall Technology College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Britannia High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Churchfields High School
    Wednesbury Oak Primary School
    Distance
    584 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Moorcroft Wood Academy
    Distance
    667 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Moorcroft Wood Primary School
    Distance
    667 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Dorothy Purcell Junior School
    Distance
    718 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Glebefields Primary School
    Distance
    767 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Ocker Hill Academy
    Distance
    940 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    B71 4DR
    Status
    Closed