Great Bridge Primary School
Mount Street, Great Bridge, Tipton, DY4 7DE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Helen Hale
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 500
- Pupils on roll
- 457
- URN
- 103915
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215571526
About this school
Great Bridge Primary School is a community primary school in Tipton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 457 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Great Bridge Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 9 May 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 58 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 60% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 76% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 72% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 74% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Great Bridge Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sandwell average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 456 |
| 2023/24 | 459 |
| 2024/25 | 459 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Bridge Primary School compares
Great Bridge Primary School ranked 29th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 6.3% | 36.8% | 457 | — |
| Joseph Turner Primary School | 70% | 6.4% | 45.1% | 408 | 0.5 miles |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | 52% | 3.8% | 28.5% | 233 | 0.6 miles |
| Jubilee Park Academy | 67% | 7.2% | 57.4% | 200 | 0.6 miles |
| Harvills Hawthorn Primary School | 63% | 5% | 30.4% | 452 | 0.7 miles |
| Ocker Hill Infant School | — | 5.2% | 29.2% | 221 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.75%
- English as an additional language
- 46.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.29%
- Persistent absence
- 19.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Joseph Turner Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
St Martin's CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Tipton
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Jubilee Park Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
-
Ocker Hill Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Tipton
Other schools in Tipton
Great Bridge Primary School ranks 4th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Tipton.
- Foxyards Primary School Primary
- Glebefields 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
- St Pauls Church of England Academy Primary
- Summerhill Primary Academy Primary
- Tipton Green Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Great Bridge Primary School teach?
- Great Bridge Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Tipton.
- Who is the headteacher of Great Bridge Primary School?
- The headteacher of Great Bridge Primary School is Miss Helen Hale, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Great Bridge Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Bridge Primary School, 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 Great Bridge Primary School?
- Great Bridge Primary School has 457 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Great Bridge Primary School full?
- Great Bridge Primary School has capacity for 500 pupils and 457 on roll (91%), 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 Great Bridge Primary School a faith school?
- No. Great Bridge Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Bridge Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Great Bridge Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Great Bridge Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Great Bridge Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Great Bridge Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Bridge Primary School compare with other schools in Sandwell?
- Great Bridge Primary School ranked 29th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Bridge Primary School's absence rate?
- Great Bridge Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Bridge Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Bridge Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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.