Albright Education Centre
South Tipton Campus Site, Alexandra Road, Tipton, DY4 7NR
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Hazelwood
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 40
- Pupils on roll
- 20
- URN
- 103887
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215335806
About this school
Albright Education Centre is a special school in Tipton. It teaches children aged 5 to 18 and has 20 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Albright Education Centre, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Albright Education Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 10 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blackwater Academy Sandwell0.2 miles
Independent schools · Tipton
-
Dudley Port School0.5 miles
Special schools · Dudley Port
-
Compass Community School Victoria Park0.6 miles
Special schools · Tipton
-
Tipton Green College1.0 miles
Special schools · Tipton
-
The Meadows School1.7 miles
Special schools · Oldbury
Other schools in Tipton
- Compass Community School Victoria Park Special schools
- Tipton Green College Special schools
- Foxyards Primary School Primary
- Glebefields Primary School Primary
- Great Bridge Primary School Primary
- Joseph Turner Primary School Primary
- Jubilee Park Academy Primary
- Ocker Hill Academy Primary
- Ocker Hill Infant School Primary
- Sacred Heart Primary School Primary
- Silvertrees Academy Primary
- St Martin's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Albright Education Centre teach?
- Albright Education Centre teaches children aged 5 to 18. It is a special school in Tipton.
- Who is the headteacher of Albright Education Centre?
- The headteacher of Albright Education Centre is Mrs Catherine Hazelwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Albright Education Centre been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Albright Education Centre, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Albright Education Centre?
- Albright Education Centre has 20 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 18.
- Is Albright Education Centre full?
- Albright Education Centre has capacity for 40 pupils and 20 on roll (50%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Albright Education Centre a faith school?
- No. Albright Education Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does Albright Education Centre publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Albright Education Centre. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.