Summerhill Primary Academy
Upper Church Lane, Tipton, DY4 9PF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE RIVERS C OF E MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natalie Rich
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 960
- Pupils on roll
- 778
- URN
- 143322
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215573282
About this school
Summerhill Primary Academy is a primary academy in Tipton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 778 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 120 | 116 | 101 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 53% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 9% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 64% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 67% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 74% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Summerhill Primary Academy 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 | 51% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 798 |
| 2023/24 | 799 |
| 2024/25 | 766 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Summerhill Primary Academy compares
Summerhill Primary Academy ranked 74th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 7% | 52.1% | 778 | — |
| Joseph Turner Primary School | 70% | 6.4% | 45.1% | 408 | 0.4 miles |
| St Pauls Church of England Academy | 69% | 5.2% | 34.9% | 195 | 0.4 miles |
| Jubilee Park Academy | 67% | 7.2% | 57.4% | 200 | 0.5 miles |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | 52% | 3.8% | 28.5% | 233 | 0.5 miles |
| Glebefields Primary School | 46% | 7.2% | 60.6% | 366 | 0.6 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.14%
- English as an additional language
- 19.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.96%
- Persistent absence
- 20.18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Joseph Turner Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
St Pauls Church of England Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Jubilee Park Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
St Martin's CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Glebefields Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Tipton
Other schools in Tipton
Summerhill Primary Academy ranks 11th of the 12 ranked primary 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
- 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
- Tipton Green Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Summerhill Primary Academy teach?
- Summerhill Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Tipton.
- Who is the headteacher of Summerhill Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Summerhill Primary Academy is Mrs Natalie Rich, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Summerhill Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Summerhill Primary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Summerhill Primary Academy?
- Summerhill Primary Academy has 778 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Summerhill Primary Academy full?
- Summerhill Primary Academy has capacity for 960 pupils and 778 on roll (81%), 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 Summerhill Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Summerhill Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Summerhill Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Summerhill Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Summerhill Primary Academy?
- Summerhill Primary Academy is part of THE RIVERS C OF E MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Summerhill Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Summerhill Primary Academy rank locally?
- Summerhill Primary Academy ranked 74th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Summerhill Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Summerhill Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Summerhill Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Summerhill Primary Academy'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 15 July 2026.