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King Edward VI High School, Stafford

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King Edward VI High School
Westway, Stafford, Staffordshire ST17 9YJ
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Authority:
Staffordshire
Type:
Community
Admissions:
Comprehensive
Gender of entry:
Mixed
Age range:
11-18
Number of students:
954
Gender of sixth form:
Mixed
Last inspection:
October 2001.
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Background: King Edward VI High School is a co-educational comprehensive day school administered by the Staffordshire County Council Education Committee. It serves mainly the west of Stafford to the Shropshire border. The school is just off the Newport road at the top end of west way, and is situated in a large, extensive site bordered by Newport road, Rowley Avenue and Rowley Park. The school was formed by the amalgamation of King Edward VI Boys? Grammar School and Stafford Girls? High School in 1977. At the time, the Girls? High School was extensively enlarged to accommodate the full range of students. There are good positive links established with all the main primary schools. There are eight fully equipped computer rooms within the school. The sports facilities of the school are excellent and include, two soccer pitches, a rugby pitch, a cricket wicket, all-weather athletics areas, 10 tennis courts, seven netball courts, a gymnasium and a large sports hall. The school has a long and successful tradition of Post-16 educational achievement. The collaborative arrangement with the other Stafford schools, the Chetwynd Centre and Stafford College, enables an extensive range of subjects to be offered. The school aims to develop knowledge, understanding and skills, to motivate students, to develop positive relationships at all levels and to establish framework within which the growth of the whole individual is fostered. .

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