The Edge Academy
Special / other · Birmingham · B31 2LQ
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 6 January 2026 · report published 17 March 2026
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- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- www.theedgeacademy.co.uk
- URN
- 142071
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
18.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,030; 45.5% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for alternative provision schools in brackets: Staff 75% (80%) · premises 4% (4%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (5%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (1%) · catering 4% (2%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £392,000; in-year balance +£111,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 6 January 2026: Expected standard
- 15 June 2021: Good
- 25 February 2021: Schools into Special Measures Visit 4
- 11 September 2019: Schools into Special Measures Visit 3
- 9 April 2019: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 12 December 2018: School is not taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 13 June 2018: Inadequate
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 33.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 19.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 34.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 15.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 45.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 81.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 14.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 26.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 8.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 18.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 20.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009206 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £236,500448 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £190,000–£295,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 9an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 53an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 13an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted