In 2006, 25% of GCSE students attained 5 grades at 'C' or above. The school changed hands in November 2018 and is now controlled by the Q3 Multi Academies Trust. The school was sponsored by the University of Wolverhampton's Education Central Multi Academy Trust. The school converted to academy status on 1 March 2013, and was reopened by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex as The ACE Academy. Since September 1990, the school has also lost its popularity with children living in the Tipton Green area of the town, with a significant percentage of children in this area selecting Dormston School or High Arcal School in Sedgley as their destination for secondary school following the reduction in the Dudley borough's secondary transfer age from 12 to 11, bringing it into line with Sandwell and the rest of the region.Ī new sixth form centre was built in 1995 and the early 1980s extensions were demolished in 2011 to make way for new classrooms. New buildings were added to the Alexandra Road site at the beginning of the 1980s, giving younger pupils a chance to have three days a week at the main site, although they still used the Park Lane site twice a week until it closed in July 1990, being demolished the following year.
'O' Level and 'A' Level pupils were educated at the original site in Alexandra Road, while the younger pupils mostly attended the Park Lane buildings (which dated back to 1904). It took the title of Alexandra High School at this time. Tipton Grammar merged with nearby Park Lane Secondary School in Queens Road in September 1969 and became a comprehensive school. This building was demolished in the mid-1990s following further extensions to the site. The buildings were expanded in 1962 to include a new school hall, kitchen, dining hall, swimming pool, gymnasium and Science classrooms. It was administered by the South-West Divisional Executive of Staffordshire Education Committee (based in Dudley), then West Bromwich Education Committee with around 700 boys and girls. It served the local area as a grammar school for boys and girls, and its title was soon altered to Tipton County Grammar School, situated on Alexandra Road. The school was opened in 1927 as Tipton Central School. It is about a mile from the A41/ A461 roundabout at Great Bridge, and about a half-mile north of Dudley Port railway station. It is situated on Alexandra Road (B4517) towards Toll End (and West Bromwich) and near the crossroads with Church Lane (B4163) and the fire station. Pupils who mainly live in the Great Bridge, Tibbington, Horseley Heath and Tipton Green areas of the town attend the school. Q3 Academy mainly serves children aged 11–16 years for KS3 and 16–18 for Sixth Form. Q3 Academy Tipton is a coeducational secondary school located in Tipton in the West Midlands of England.
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