King Edward VI High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stafford, ST17 9YJ
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Rowley Avenue, Stafford, ST17 9AB
Local ranking6th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1065
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 153
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 52.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
49
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 39.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 91
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 957
- Boys
- 481 (51%)
- Girls
- 469 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1065 (89% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.1%
- EAL
- 13.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 13.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,461/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 74.8%
- White Other: 9.7%
- Black African: 3.0%
- Asian Indian: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
74.8%
White British
9.7%
White Other
3.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Rowley Avenue
Stafford, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 142193
- UKPRN
- 10053517
- Establishment No.
- 4607
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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