Mary Elliot Academy

State-Funded School

mary-elliot-academy-walsall-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

WalsallLocal Authority

Walsall and BloxwichConstituency

WS2 7DQPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Mary Elliot Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Walsall, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 148 pupils. Mary Elliot Academy is part of THRIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Feb 2026 · published 5 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Inadequate

Ethnicity

White

51%

Asian

34%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

148

Total Pupils

73%Boys

27%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

28%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 148
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THRIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
21 Sept 2022	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Good	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.