King Edward VII School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sheffield
Unique reference
107140
Address
Glossop Road, S10 2PW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1733 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
28%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.8%
Persistent absence
20.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.2%
Mixed 10.6%
Pakistani 8.8%
Other White 8.1%
African 8.1%
Other 7.5%
Other Asian 5%
Indian 2.5%
Chinese 2.2%
Bangladeshi 2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.2
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.67
Local authority average 3.85
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
ArabicGCSE13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE6
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE4
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE207
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE207
ChineseGCSE4
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Edward VII School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
240
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
194
2nd preference
300
3rd preference
269
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
180
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
236
117
119
Year 8
231
111
120
Year 9
230
112
118
Year 10
231
124
107
Year 11
225
106
119
Year 12
277
128
149
Year 13
303
134
169
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
37.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
8.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
67.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
21.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
35.0%
20.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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