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King Edward VI Aston School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,023Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137043URN

Frederick Road, Aston, Birmingham, B6 6DJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Sep 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
7.1per place
2.9 above Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

1,036 applications for 146 places · 12th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
69.9of 90
8th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 September 2026Published 24 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 September 2026
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 10 May 2022
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
7.1applications per place, Year 7
2.9 above Birmingham median (4.2) 4.9 above England median (2.2)

1,036 applications · 146 places offered · 143 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 7.1; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 7.9; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 7.8; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 7.3; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 6.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 6.6; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 6.9; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 9.1; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 7.2; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 7.7; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 8.4; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 9.2; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 8.2; Birmingham median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261461,0367.11430.98
Sep 20251401,1107.91120.80
Sep 20241381,0757.81411.02
Sep 20231391,0177.31120.81
Sep 20221409696.91060.76
Sep 20211399206.61090.78
Sep 20201389466.91190.86
Sep 20191231,1169.11251.02
Sep 20181339567.21140.86
Sep 20171361,0497.71381.01
Sep 20161179878.41771.51
Sep 20151191,0929.22492.09
Sep 20141301,0648.22201.69

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

140 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)69.98th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths99%3rd of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths99%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.14
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14069.999%99%–
2024/2514071.297%99%–
2023/2414069.396%99%+0.14
2022/2314171.097%99%+0.35

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137043 · 330/5408
Trust
King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,000 pupils · 1,023 on roll
Free school meals
24.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
King Edward VI Aston School (URN 103555)
Address
Frederick Road, Aston, Birmingham, B6 6DJ
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources