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King Edward VI Five Ways School

Selective

National rank

Rank last year

80^%

A-level

74^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Simon Bird

Attendance 97.0%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 7.7% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,311

Pupils on free school meals 22.6%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

A*/A

A*-B

Grade

9/8

9/8/7

What the school inspection says

“Pupils are proud to be members of this vibrant and caring community. They talk glowingly about the dedication, kindness and commitment of staff … Pupils and staff are uncompromising in their expectations of themselves and each other … When work is complex and difficult, pupils think hard and do not give up. They are very resilient. The school is mindful of the pressure that pupils can exert on themselves as they strive to achieve academically … Pupils benefit from a rich, broad and diverse personal development offer. There is a plethora of clubs and societies.”

Inspection

2023

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

Established as a boys’ school in 1883, it is now the only King Edward VI Foundation grammar school to be fully coeducational, admitting 11 to 18-year-old boys and girls.
Numerous facilities have been built this century. The latest addition, opened in 2019, is a music school with practice rooms, recording facilities and music classrooms.
Music, art, sport and outdoor education feature prominently in the list of co-curricular activities, as well as clubs and societies that range from Minecraft to mock trials.
Ninety per cent of leavers in 2025 were accepted by their first-choice university, including 12 who are heading to either Oxford or Cambridge.
Alumni include the actress Kate Ashfield and social entrepreneur Richard Adams, who founded the Fairtrade organisation Traidcraft.

office@kefw.org

Telephone

0121 475 3535

Website

kefw.org

Address

Scotland Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, B32 4BT

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