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King Edward VI High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 646Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 149328URN

Westway, Stafford, ST17 9YJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

210 applications for 106 places · 17th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.9of 90
43rd of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 4 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

210 applications · 106 places offered · 83 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as King Edward VI High School (URN 124445), the previous school.

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

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 20261062102.0830.78
Sep 20251081871.7740.69
Sep 20241132222.0740.65
Sep 20231131941.7880.78
Sep 2022 *991962.0780.79
Sep 2021 *1332011.5980.74
Sep 2020 *1352181.6900.67
Sep 2019 *1662531.51230.74
Sep 2018 *1521951.3960.63
Sep 2017 *1182151.81040.88
Sep 2016 *1382101.51190.86
Sep 2015 *1172131.81130.97
Sep 2014 *1222011.71160.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

143 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.943rd of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%47th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14339.927%50%–
2024/2512133.417%41%–
2023/2414939.230%50%−0.34
2022/2311838.724%42%−0.53

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149328 · 860/4020
Trust
Walton Multi-Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Free school meals
33.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2022
Replaced
King Edward VI High School (URN 124445)
Address
Westway, Stafford, ST17 9YJ
Local authority
Staffordshire · Stafford

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