The Edge Academy
Special / other · Birmingham · B31 2LQ
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
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- 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
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
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
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.