King Edward VI School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

11+ scores · 2026 entry

Lowest score offered · Category 3	239
Lowest score offered · Category 4	254
Automatic qualifying score	239

From Warwickshire County Council · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026: Not published · From Warwickshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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King Edward VI School is a secondary school in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 30 November 2021. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 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	Not published
Year 7 2025	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2022	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2021	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

For Year 7 in 2026, there were 221 first-choice applications for 87 offers, 2.5 first choices per offer, the highest of 36 Warwickshire secondary schools.
For Year 7 in 2026, 84 offers went to first-choice families and 137 first-choice families (62%) were not offered a place; 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
For Year 7 in 2026, 110 of the 347 applications (32%) came from families living outside Warwickshire, and 20 offers went to them.
2024/25: 100% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Warwickshire.

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

Key facts

Address: Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BE
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Selective
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 879 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 2.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.4

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

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 30 November 2021

Strengths

“King Edward VI school is a rich and vibrant community.”
“Staff expect pupils to be the very best that they can be.”
“Pupils rise enthusiastically to this challenge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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)	100%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	83.3	46
A level average grade (2024/25)	A-	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: 221 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 84 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 Warwickshire.

Stratford Upon Avon School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Stratford Girls' Grammar School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Alcester Academy 6.7 mi Good Last distance published
St Benedict's Catholic High School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
Henley In Arden School 7.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Alcester Grammar School 7.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Myton School 8.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Kineton High School 9.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published