Overview of The EDGE Partnership Schools

The EDGE Partnership Schools have a strong regional and national reputation, receiving praise not only via OfSTED reports but also through awards and commendations from such organisations as SSAT, Investors in People, Leading Aspects and QCA. The schools are regular recipients of praise from national and regional politicians, educationalists and business leaders.

The EDGE Partnerships Schools - Location

The EDGE Partnership Schools form an approximate ribbon shape which stretches from Lordswood Girls School in Harborne, an inner suburb approximately four miles from Birmingham’s City Centre, out to Hunters Hill School in Blackwell, a village in north Worcestershire lying outside of the city boundaries. In between, the EDGE Partnership Schools tend to be located in some of the most disadvantaged areas within Birmingham, serving such areas as the North Woodgate Valley, Turves Green and Bartley Green.

Interactive Schools Location Map - please click on the place markers to see more information about the Schools, or use the map controls to navigation around the map

EDGE Partnership of Schools in Birmingham in a larger map

The EDGE Partnership Schools - Characteristics

Within the partnership there is a wide assortment of schools, with some 11-16 and 11-18 schools, co-educational and single gender, a variety of specialisms eg Humanities, Science and Sport and some academically highly achieving schools.

There are three schools which work with children with specific needs:

• Baskerville (ASD)
• Victoria (Physically Disabilities)
• Hunters Hill (SEBD)

Details of other schools in the EDGE partnership are:

• King Edward VI School, Five Ways, one of the city’s grammar schools
• Four Dwellings High School, with the city’s second most economically deprived intake
• Colmers, Rednal is close to the former Longbridge car plant
• Turves Green School for Boys predominantly serve the outer city council estates of Northfield
• Turves Green School for Girls predominantly serve the outer city council estates of Northfield
• Shenley Academy serves a challenging catchment area nearer to Selly Oak and southern Northfield
• Lordswood Girls School takes pupils from Birmingham and Sandwell, including some areas of significant economic disadvantage