King Edward VI School

Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Lichfield, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

1.053 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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King Edward VI School is a secondary school in Lichfield, Staffordshire for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.

King Edward VI School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2026	1.053 mi
Year 7 2025	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.053 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 18 Staffordshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
Year 7 2026 had 260 first-choice applications for 253 offers; 232 offers went to first-choice families and 28 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
107 of the 634 applications (17%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 3 offers went to them.
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 52.2 (England 46).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Upper St John Street, Lichfield, WS14 9EE
Type: Community school
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 1,609 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 10.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.5

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2022

Strengths

“Leaders have high expectations for pupils and staff at King Edward VI School.”
“Their ambition is that all pupils will thrive academically and succeed as global citizens in the world around them.”
“Values of well-being, collaboration and aspiration underpin the community.”

To improve

“The pupil survey suggested that some students are not confident that all bullying concerns are fully resolved.”
“Leaders are currently refining their processes for planning and monitoring these placements to ensure that pupils always get the very best from their time at these providers.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	58%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	52.2	46
A level average grade (2024/25)	C+	B-

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 260 first-preference applications, 253 offers in total, 232 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Nether Stowe School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
The Friary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Chase Terrace Academy 4.6 mi Not judged
Erasmus Darwin Academy 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Lift Rawlett 5.3 mi Not judged
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
Norton Canes High School 6.1 mi Requires improvement
Landau Forte Academy, Amington 7.4 mi Good Last distance published