Arden is situated in the village of Knowle, three miles from Solihull town centre in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.

Within the teaching blocks there are a number of classrooms containing suites of computers, there is a wireless network across the academy and in some subject areas like science and history, there are banks of i-pads.

[citation needed] In September 2020 Arden was forced to close for two weeks due to a failure to contain and isolate COVID-19 cases on site.

Teacher Mr Warwood attended the ceremony held at the Birmingham Think Tank with students Gerard Groves, James Gavigan, and Katie Kraddock who had been heavily involved in the campaigns.

The reasons cited for the development of a new site include drainage problems, lack of previously mentioned facilities, and poor disabled access.