King Edward VI School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Lichfield, WS14 9EE
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Nether Stowe School
St Chad's Road, Lichfield, WS13 7NB
Local ranking67th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: Needs attentionUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
944
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 17 March 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 99
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
29
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 23.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 57
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 786
- Boys
- 345 (50%)
- Girls
- 347 (50%)
- Capacity
- 944 (73% full)
- SEND
- 11.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.5%
- EAL
- 7.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 9.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,626/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
- 12.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 86.3%
- White Other: 5.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
86.3%
White British
5.7%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
St Chad's Road
Lichfield, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 146493
- UKPRN
- 10081661
- Establishment No.
- 4089
- Trust
- THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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