The King Edward VI School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Northumberland
Unique reference
137746
Address
Cottingwood Lane, NE61 1DN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1373 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
2%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.1%
Persistent absence
20.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.6%
Mixed 2.9%
Other White 2.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.9
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.48
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award28
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Art & DesignGCSE79
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE82
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE117
ChemistryGCSE53
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
321
163
158
Year 10
340
169
171
Year 11
324
163
161
Year 12
190
90
100
Year 13
198
113
85
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
81.1%
85.6%
Further education
25.0%
34.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
63.0%
45.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
SP
SP
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
0.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
68.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
29.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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