King-Ed Prospectus 2022 web

Amazing curriculum
With 17 subjects taught in Year 7 we believe we have a
curriculum second to none. Alongside the important subjects
of Mathematics and English we teach Biology, Chemistry and
Physics as separate sciences from Year 7. We have an amazing
range of humanities at Key Stage 4 including Psychology,
Sociology, Economics and Politics alongside History,
Geography, Philosophy and Ethics taught in Year 7. We teach
Art, Music and Drama as well as a special Artsbox course. We
teach Computer Science, Design Technology, Food Technology
and an exciting project to build a computer. We teach French,
German and Spanish in the school as well as Physical Education
and Dance.
Academic Excellence
Last year 80% of all GCSE grades were Grade 4 and above
and students achieved a record 151 Grade 9s. Our Attainment 8
was 49 which is above national average. Our results have been
strong for many years with the school always having a strong
positive Progress 8 (most recent, in 2019, was +0.26 which
means students at King Edward VI School, achieve well above
national rates of progress).
Great learning
Learning is at the heart of everything we do and to make
this happen we invest heavily in teaching. We have great
teachers at the school and train up many new teachers
every year working with Cambridge University to get
the very best people in front of our students. We value
deep subject knowledge and have three teachers with
PhDs. We work tirelessly to provide exciting learning
experiences on a daily basis, delivered with inspirational
and research-based teaching methods. We want your
child to love coming to school and love learning.