King Edward VI School

King Edward VI School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Leaders have high expectations for both pupils and staff, fostering an environment where individual needs are prioritized. The school excels in providing support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), contributing to a positive learning atmosphere where most students feel included and motivated to achieve. Alongside strong academic performance, the school's emphasis on well-being, collaboration, and a variety of extracurricular activities further promotes a well-rounded educational experience.

Strengths

• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• High expectations from leaders and teachers across all subjects
• Effective interventions in English and mathematics for pupils who fall behind
• A wide range of extracurricular clubs promoting creativity and healthy lifestyles
• Impressive outcomes in the sixth form preparing students for higher education
• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupil safety and well-being

Areas for Improvement

• Processes for commissioning and monitoring alternative provision placements need improvement

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 VI School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 12.3% 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, 3.0% of pupils at King Edward VI 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 VI School had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.7% 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, 11.4% of pupils at King Edward VI School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.1% 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 VI School received £7,518 and spent £7,290 for each of its 1,611 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,338,000 (£831 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 VI School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King Edward VI School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was King Edward VI School last inspected by Ofsted?

King Edward VI School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does King Edward VI School have?

King Edward VI School has 1,609 pupils on roll.

What age range does King Edward VI School cover?

King Edward VI School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are King Edward VI School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 53.9, and 64% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is King Edward VI School?

King Edward VI School is at Upper St John Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9EE.