King Edward VI High School, Stafford

King Edward VI High School
Motto Be the best you can be
Established 1977
Type

Community secondary

High School
Headteacher Mr J. Christey
Chair of Governors Mrs M Witts
Location West Way
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST17 9YJ
England
52°47′46″N 2°07′51″W / 52.79617°N 2.13075°W / 52.79617; -2.13075Coordinates: 52°47′46″N 2°07′51″W / 52.79617°N 2.13075°W / 52.79617; -2.13075
Local authority Staffordshire
DfE URN 124445 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1040
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Houses Churchill, Matthews, Nightingale, Curie
Colours Blue and black
Publication The Edwardian
Website King Edward VI High School Stafford

King Edward VI High School, is a mixed secondary school located in the Highfields area of Stafford, England. The school has a sixth form, which forms part of the Stafford Collegiate. It is a comprehensive state school admitting boys and girls from ages 11-18. The school was formed in 1977 following the amalgamation of King Edward VI Boys’ Grammar School and Stafford Girls’ High School.

Introduction

King Edward VI High School is administered by the Staffordshire County Council Education Committee. [1] It serves mainly the west of Stafford to the Shropshire border, and admits students aged between 11 – 19 years.

The school is just off the Newport Road at the top end of West Way, and is situated on a large site bordered by Newport Road, Rowley Avenue and Rowley Park.

The school catchment area includes Western Downs, the Rowley Avenue area, Forebridge, Doxey, the top end of the Highfields Estate and the villages to the west of Stafford i.e. Bradley, Derrington, Seighford, Haughton, Gnosall, Church Eaton and Woodseaves.

There are links with all the main Primary Schools in the catchment area - St. Lawrence (Gnosall), Haughton, Church Eaton, Castlechurch, The Grove, Doxey, Woodseaves, St. Paul’s, St. Leonard’s and Cooper Perry.

The school was formed by merging the long established selective schools, King Edward VI Boys’ Grammar School and Stafford Girls’ High School, in 1977. The selective element was removed in order to create the comprehensive school taking pupils of all abilities. The premises of the Girls’ High School were enlarged and the school was based there.

The closure of the old grammar school led to the creation of the independent fee-paying Stafford Grammar School.

School history

The Free Grammar School of King Edward VI was first established in Stafford in 1550 to provide free education to young boys.

In 1862 a new building was erected for the school on Newport Road and would serve as the home of the boys' grammar school for well over 100 years.

Stafford Girls' High School was established in 1907 as a grammar school for girls and was based at The Oval, just off the Lichfield Road, with some accommodation for students at The Hough Cottage (now an Italian restaurant). The school later moved to a new site off West Way, close to Stafford Castle; the modern home of King Edward VI High School.

In 1977 King Edward VI Grammar School and Stafford Girls' High School were amalgamated to create a comprehensive off West Way.

The old King Edward VI building on Newport Road remained in education hands and was turned over to Chetwynd Middle School before later becoming what is now known as the Chetwynd Centre, home of the Stafford Collegiate, where many Post-16 subjects are taught as part of an agreement between the Stafford secondary schools and Stafford College of Further Education.

The old girls' school buildings on The Oval also remained in education hands, later becoming an art college before being converted into residential apartments.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Staffordshire County Council Education Committee website retrieved Jan 2017

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