King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon

In 2026, pupils at King Edward VI School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 81.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50 in Warwickshire and 47 across England.

98% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Warwickshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 83.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.21: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

King Edward VI School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 221 families put King Edward VI School as their first choice and 347 named it as one of their preferences, for 87 places offered. That is 2.5 first choices for every place. 137 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

King Edward VI School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, King Edward VI School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Warwickshire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Warwickshire has 5 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to King Edward VI School are Stratford Upon Avon School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7); and Stratford Girls' Grammar School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 81.9).

King Edward VI School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

King Edward VI School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 90 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 99% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 2% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 178 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 71% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 12% into work. 74% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

2.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 64 pupils (7.3%) received SEN support and 5 (0.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Stratford-upon-Avon Rail Station, about 760 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nash House (jcn), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 254 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, King Edward VI School issued 23 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to King Edward VI School are Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School (0.2 miles), St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles), Holy Trinity CofE Primary School (0.6 miles) and Bridgetown Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.