King Edward VI School

Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BE · Warwickshire grammar school

Ofsted: Outstanding Boys
Qualifying score (2025)
233.0
Test board
Consortium: Warwickshire Grammar Schools Consortium. Qualifying score set after standardisation; varies by year

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2021-11-30)

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children at/above AQS, or up to 20 marks below it
  2. Pupil premium outer — Up to 13 places: Pupil Premium (Free School Meals) children in the outer priority circle (incl. inner), at/above AQS or up to 20 marks below
  3. Inner circle — Up to 70 places: children in the inner priority circle at/above AQS
  4. Outer circle — Children in the outer priority circle (incl. inner) at/above AQS
  5. Outside circles — Children living outside both priority circles at/above AQS
  6. Below aqs waitlist — Children scoring below AQS but above the waiting-list Required Minimum Academic Standard

What the entrance test covers

One shared test for all five Warwickshire grammar schools, administered by Warwickshire County Council and provided by GL Assessment: two multiple-choice papers of around 50 minutes each, mixing English, mathematics, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Answers go on separate sheets that are scanned electronically, and scores are age-standardised. Registration is a single online form with the county council (historically closing 4pm on 30 June of Year 5); the test is sat in mid-September of Year 6, and one sitting covers all five schools. A qualifying score does not guarantee a place — each school applies its own oversubscription criteria, several with priority areas.

University destinations

Oxbridge
8%
Russell Group
76%
Top-third university
79%
Any degree
95%

Of the 161-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Stratford Guildhall & Bridgetown ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£352,000

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Warwickshire admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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