King Edward VI High School, Stafford

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2021.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2021. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

King Edward VI High School

Westway, Stafford ST17 9YJ

http://www.kevi.org.uk/

King Edward VI High School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Staffordshire). It has about 640 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In July 2018 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Admissions, Environment, Representation and Disadvantaged pupils. Relative weaknesses include Finances and Attainment.

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Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.4		Blessed William Howard Catholic School
0.9		Stafford Manor High School
2.2		Sir Graham Balfour High School
2.6		Walton High School
2.6		The Weston Road Academy
5.3		Wolgarston High School
6.5		The Rural Enterprise Academy
7.6		Staffordshire University Academy
7.7		The Hart School
7.9		Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
8.0		Alleyne's Academy
8.3		Cannock Chase High School

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Admissions: Excellent. The occupancy rate is very low and the offer rate is very high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Environment: Above average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is roughly average.

Representation: In balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is in balance with the local community.

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress up to age 16 is poor. Destinations at 16 are about average. Progress at 16-18 is poor. Destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are about average.

Destinations: About average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is quite high, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is very low.

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite high.

Attainment: Below average. Up to age 16 it is poor, while at ages 16-18 it is below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Sixth form: Poor. Attainment is below average, progress is poor and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are poor.

Progress: Poor. Progress up to the ages of 16 and 18 are both poor. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Finances: Poor. This is because the school budget has been in deficit

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2019

No A-level data

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