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King Edward VI High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Westway, Stafford ST17 9YJ · kevi.org.uk · 01785 258546

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
33.4
average Attainment 8 score. Staffordshire 43.9, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
646
Local authority
Staffordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
33.8%
First language not English
11.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Walton Multi-Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 106 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 78 (Places 99)78September 2023: 88 (Places 113)88September 2024: 74 (Places 113)74September 2025: 74 (Places 108)74September 2026: 83 (Places 106)83Places 106
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026106830.8100%
September 2025Sept 2025108740.7100%
September 2024Sept 2024113740.7100%
September 2023Sept 2023113880.8100%
September 2022Sept 202299780.899%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.4, and 16.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Staffordshire it was 43.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.3 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: 43.8 (England 46.3)43.82017/18: 40.7 (England 46.5)40.72018/19: 38.0 (England 46.7)38.02022/23: 38.7 (England 46.3)38.72023/24: 39.2 (England 45.9)39.22024/25: 33.4 (England 46.0)33.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼33.446.0
▼16.5%45.4%
▼41.3%64.8%
▼0.8%40.5%
▼2.794.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124445)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form25.5+6.1
Sixth form college1.3+0.4
Further education61.1−5.6
Apprenticeship3.4−0.3
Employment2+1.1
Not in a lasting destination4+1.2
Activity not captured2.7−2.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 21.4 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 22.8 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 24.4 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 28.3 (England 32.9)C-2022/23: 20.6 (England 34.2)D2023/24: 30.1 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 24.3 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
18 studentsD+ (24.3)Below average -0.50
19 studentsD+ (24.2)Below average -0.56
0%AAB or better
90%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2419C (30.1)-0.17
2022/2325D (20.6)—
2018/1932C- (28.3)-0.41
2017/1823D+ (24.4)-0.24
2016/1753D+ (22.8)-0.52
2015/1650D (21.4)-0.27

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University40−10
Apprenticeship10−8.8
Employment40+21.2
Not in a lasting destination10—

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected King Edward VI High School on 4 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
4 Feb 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124445), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Jul 2018Good
    Leadership and managementGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124445)

  • Nov 2016Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124445)

  • Oct 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124445)

What parents said

70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
70%
Replies
50
8% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼82% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼84% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼72% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼70% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼74% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼56% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼78% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼84% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼72% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●77% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲55% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 44% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼36% agreeEngland 67%

based on 11 parents (22%) with SEND

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