King Edward VI Aston School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 11 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
137043
Address
Frederick Road, Aston, B6 6DJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
999 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
20.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.8%
Persistent absence
13.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 33.3%
Mixed 14.7%
Indian 10.8%
Bangladeshi 9.4%
African 8.2%
Other Asian 6.1%
White British 5.1%
Other 5%
Other White 2%
Other Black 1.6%
Chinese 1.5%
Unclassified 1.4%
Caribbean 0.8%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 96%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 71
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.28
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE141
ChemistryGCSE141
ChineseGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE112
Design & TechnologyGCSE46
English LanguageGCSE141
English LiteratureGCSE141
FrenchGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Edward VI Aston School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
138
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
141
2nd preference
255
3rd preference
253
From another Local Authority
189
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
63
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
19
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 classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
140
140
0
Year 8
140
140
0
Year 9
139
139
0
Year 10
141
141
0
Year 11
140
140
0
Year 12
146
146
0
Year 13
153
153
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
4.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
90.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.8%
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
90.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
47.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
45.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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