King Edward VII School

King Edward VII School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, raising its overall effectiveness to a good rating. Leaders have effectively addressed previous safeguarding concerns and implemented robust systems to ensure pupil safety. The school provides an ambitious curriculum that is particularly supportive of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), although consistency in the support for these pupils still needs attention. The positive behaviour of students and the encouragement of personal development initiatives, such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, contribute to a constructive school environment.

Strengths

• Leaders have taken effective action to improve safeguarding.
• Pupils benefit from a challenging and well-organized curriculum.
• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge and clarity in presenting new ideas.
• Pupils with SEND are making good progress across the curriculum.
• High pupil attendance and positive attitudes towards learning.
• The school offers a rich range of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the support for pupils with SEND.
• Some pupils needing phonics support are not consistently receiving the help they need.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at King Edward VII School attended 91.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.3% of pupils at King Edward VII School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 King Edward VII School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.6% of pupils at King Edward VII School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 King Edward VII School received £8,149 and spent £8,233 for each of its 1,732 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,529,000 (£883 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is King Edward VII School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King Edward VII School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was King Edward VII School last inspected by Ofsted?

King Edward VII School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does King Edward VII School have?

King Edward VII School has 1,729 pupils on roll.

What age range does King Edward VII School cover?

King Edward VII School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are King Edward VII School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 50.9, and 60% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is King Edward VII School?

King Edward VII School is at Glossop Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2PW.