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King Edward VII School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school

Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2PW · kes.sheffield.sch.uk · 0114 266 2518

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected May 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.8
average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.2, England 46
Last distance offered
3.86 mi
6.21 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Last category offered · Sheffield Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,729
31 over 1,698 places · 102%
Local authority
Sheffield
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.8%
First language not English
33.1%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2025, the last place offered under “Last category offered” went to a home 3.86 mi (6.21 km) from the school. Source: Sheffield Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 204 families put the school first and 240 places were offered; 79% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 192 (Places 228)192September 2023: 226 (Places 238)226September 2024: 194 (Places 240)194September 2025: 173 (Places 230)173September 2026: 204 (Places 240)204Places 240
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262402040.979%
September 2025Sept 20252301730.896%
September 2024Sept 20242401940.893%
September 2023Sept 20232382260.983%
September 2022Sept 20222281920.884%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Last category offeredDistance
September 20253.86 mi6.21 km

The council gives the distance of the last place offered in the last category that was reached.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.8, and 55.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sheffield it was 43.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 47.2 (England 46.3)47.22017/18: 46.4 (England 46.5)46.42018/19: 51.3 (England 46.7)51.32021/22: 48.8 (England 48.8)48.82022/23: 50.2 (England 46.3)50.22023/24: 48.9 (England 45.9)48.92024/25: 50.8 (England 46.0)50.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.846.0
▲55.1%45.4%
▲76.4%64.8%
▲49.3%40.5%
▲4.634.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form50.9−1.5
Sixth form college9.5+3.3
Further education31.8+1.6
Apprenticeship1.8+1.4
Not in a lasting destination4.1−0.8
Activity not captured1.8−3.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.6 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 32.6 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 35.3 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 33.4 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 39.0 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 33.7 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 34.7 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 35.1 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
254 studentsB- (35.1)Average -0.08
257 studentsB- (35.1)Average -0.08
43 studentsDist- (31.5)Average +0.05
16.9%AAB or better
90.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24280C+ (34.7)-0.01
2022/23299C+ (33.7)—
2021/22240B (39)—
2018/19295C+ (33.4)+0.02
2017/18221B- (35.3)-0.01
2016/17280C+ (32.6)+0.02
2015/16288C (29.6)-0.31

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University59.8−2.8
Further and other education3.3−2.6
Further education3−1.3
Other education0.3−1.3
Apprenticeship3+1.4
Employment17.3+1.6
Not in a lasting destination10.3+0.5
Activity not captured6.3+2

Ofsted

King Edward VII School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
23 May 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Sept 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2022Inadequate
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingNot effective

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2018Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • Apr 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (407 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
91%
Replies
407
23% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▲92% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲87% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲90% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▲95% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲86% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲95% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲89% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲84% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 69% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲58% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 33% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲85% agreeEngland 67%

based on 81 parents (20%) with SEND

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