Tividale Community Primary School

About Tividale Community Primary School

Tividale Community Primary School sits in the bottom half of Sandwell’s primary schools when it comes to the headline Key Stage 2 measure, with just 48% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is a full 12 percentage points below the local authority average of 60%, and it places the school 72nd out of 83 primaries in the borough. The gap is even starker at the higher standard: only 5% of Tividale pupils achieved that top tier in all three subjects, compared with a national picture where roughly one in ten children typically do. The school’s ranking score of 48 puts it in the bottom 50 nationally, and within the West Midlands it sits in the 85th percentile — meaning roughly 85% of regional primaries outperform it on this metric. For parents weighing up options, these numbers are a clear signal that academic attainment here is significantly below what most Sandwell schools manage.

Look beneath the headline, though, and the picture is more mixed. In writing, 72% of pupils met the expected standard — comfortably above the school’s own combined figure — and 18% reached the higher standard, which is respectable. Reading and maths expected rates were 61% and 59% respectively, both close to the national average, and the average scaled scores of 103 in reading and 104 in maths are solidly within the expected range. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2023, rated it Good across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. That is a downgrade from its previous Outstanding rating in 2012, but inspectors still found a school where pupils behave well and leaders have a clear sense of direction. The absence of progress scores in the data makes it hard to judge whether pupils are catching up from lower starting points, but the Good rating suggests the school is functioning effectively day to day.

Tividale is a larger-than-average primary, with 463 pupils against a capacity of 420, and it was oversubscribed for 2025/26 entry: 79 applications for 60 places, with 57 first-preference offers made. That suggests local demand is healthy despite the middling results. The school offers a nursery provision, which will appeal to families looking for continuity from age three. Facilities are strong for a state primary: a gymnasium, sports hall, music rooms, art studios, an ICT suite, a sensory room, and even a chapel. Sports include dance, rounders, cricket, gymnastics and cross country, and there are clubs for coding, choir, art and book club. SEND provision is unusually broad, covering moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that can support a wide range of additional needs, which may be a deciding factor for families whose children require that level of specialist backing.

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