King Edward VI CEVC School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 5 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
124856
Address
Grove Road, IP33 3BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1197 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
6.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.5%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.8%
Other White 8.2%
Mixed 6.1%
Unclassified 4.1%
African 1.3%
Other 0.9%
Caribbean 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.3
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.92
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
Art & DesignGCSE50
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE58
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
EconomicsGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE232
English LiteratureGCSE227
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Edward VI CEVC School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
237
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
296
2nd preference
135
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
229
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
242
138
104
Year 8
241
123
118
Year 9
244
135
109
Year 10
233
106
127
Year 11
237
123
114
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
47.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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