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Academy sponsor led · Schools & FE

Grace Academy Solihull

URN 129342 · SolihullOpen

Inspection history (7)

  1. 19 May 2026

    Report card · published 23 Jun 2026

    Safeguarding met
    AchievementExpected
    Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
    Curriculum and teachingExpected
    InclusionExpected
    Leadership and governanceExpected
    Personal development and wellbeingExpected
    Post 16 provisionExpected

    Andrew Madden (lead), Elizabeth Lawson, Jacqui Swindlehurst, Nicola Walters, Peter Bassett

  2. 5 May 2022

    School inspection (EIF) · published 22 Jun 2022

    Claire Price (lead), Lois Kelly

  3. 29 Mar 2017

    School inspection (CIF) · published 2 May 2017

    Good
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    OutcomesGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Teaching, learning and assessmentGood

    Dan Owen (lead), David Buckle, Jane Epton, Michael Onyon

  4. 6 Mar 2015

    School inspection (CIF) · published 27 Mar 2015

    Requires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement

    Liz Talmadge (lead), Carol Worthington, Patrick Walsh, Robert Steed

  5. 12 Sept 2013

    School inspection (CIF) · published 24 Oct 2013

    Inadequate
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

    Richard Sutton (lead), Bernadette Green, Elisabeth Stock, Susan Laffey

  6. 19 Jan 2012

    School inspection (2012 framework) · published 7 Feb 2012

    Satisfactory
    AchievementSatisfactory
    Behaviour and safetySatisfactory
    Leadership and managementSatisfactory
    Quality of teachingSatisfactory

    Gwendoline Coates (lead), Kevin Harrison, Michael Marks, Simon Blackburn

  7. 27 Nov 2008

    School inspection (2005 framework) · published 18 Dec 2008

    Satisfactory
    AchievementSatisfactory
    Care guidance supportGood
    CurriculumGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Personal developmentSatisfactory
    Teaching and learningSatisfactory

    Paul Brooker

Academy trust

Tove Learning Trust

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Details

URN
129342
Type
Academy sponsor led
Local authority
Solihull
Region
West Midlands
Address
Chapelhouse Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5JS
Reports on record
7
Earliest report
27 Nov 2008
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Opened
01-09-2006
Region
West Midlands
Status
Open
Boarding
No boarders
Capacity
1100
Age Range
11 - 18
Age range
11 to 18
Telephone
01213294600
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Headteacher
Mr Matthew Godwin
Pupils on roll
884
Pupils' gender
Mixed
School capacity
1100
Number of pupils
884
Religious character
Does Not Apply
Free school meals (%)
51.60

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