Ocker Hill Infant School
Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, DY4 0DS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Rebecca Strange
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 258
- Pupils on roll
- 221
- URN
- 103919
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215561119
About this school
Ocker Hill Infant School is a community primary school in Tipton. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 221 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Ocker Hill Infant 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
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
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Ocker Hill Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 232 |
| 2023/24 | 231 |
| 2024/25 | 223 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ocker Hill Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.2% | 29.2% | 221 | — |
| Ocker Hill Academy | 77% | 5.1% | 35.1% | 248 | 0.0 miles |
| Jubilee Park Academy | 67% | 7.2% | 57.4% | 200 | 0.4 miles |
| Glebefields Primary School | 46% | 7.2% | 60.6% | 366 | 0.6 miles |
| Joseph Turner Primary School | 70% | 6.4% | 45.1% | 408 | 0.7 miles |
| Great Bridge Primary School | 67% | 6.3% | 36.8% | 457 | 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)
- 29.21%
- English as an additional language
- 18.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.21%
- Persistent absence
- 12.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ocker Hill Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Jubilee Park Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Glebefields Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Joseph Turner Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Great Bridge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Tipton
Other schools in Tipton
- 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
- 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 Ocker Hill Infant School teach?
- Ocker Hill Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Tipton.
- Who is the head teacher of Ocker Hill Infant School?
- The head teacher of Ocker Hill Infant School is Mrs Rebecca Strange, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Ocker Hill Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ocker Hill Infant 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 Ocker Hill Infant School?
- Ocker Hill Infant School has 221 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Ocker Hill Infant School full?
- Ocker Hill Infant School has capacity for 258 pupils and 221 on roll (86%), 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 Ocker Hill Infant School a faith school?
- No. Ocker Hill Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ocker Hill Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ocker Hill Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Ocker Hill Infant School's absence rate?
- Ocker Hill Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Ocker Hill Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Ocker Hill Infant School. 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.