King Edward VI High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
149328
Address
Westway, ST17 9YJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
654 (63% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
7.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.8%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.7%
African 4%
Mixed 3.7%
Unclassified 3.1%
Other White 2.3%
Other 1.8%
Other Black 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Other Asian 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.53
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.7
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.27
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award26
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE8
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE118
English LiteratureGCSE115
FrenchGCSE8
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Edward VI High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
113
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
74
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
41
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
74
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
2
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
110
50
60
Year 8
110
60
50
Year 9
130
67
63
Year 10
115
55
60
Year 11
148
71
77
Year 12
21
7
14
Year 13
20
10
10
Year 2023-2024

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