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We have just received notification that we will be inspected by Ofsted on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 November 2024. Further details regarding the inspection, including how you can share your views, have been emailed out to you. Thank you in advance for your support with our inspection process.
Letter to Parents/Carers from Ms C Savage
OFSTED letter to Parents/Carers
OFSTED School Inspections Guide
Thursday 24 October 2024 saw the eleventh annual careers event where a vast number of education and training providers, and employers descend on school to inspire our students about the breadth of opportunities beyond school.
An important aspect of the event is the fact it sits outside of the school day enabling parents and carers to attend. This holistic approach to providing information and guidance to young people is a huge success. Attendance at the event was phenomenal; students really embraced the opportunity to begin networking and asking insightful questions that further fuels their ambitions.
The event itself is only possible because of the support we receive from such a range of organisations. We are so proud that lots of delegates return each year because of the positive experiences they have interacting with our students and families.
At The King Edward VI School, we value learning in addition to and beyond an academic curriculum. We advocate for all of our students to develop attributes of Accomplished Students; where we recognise success in addition to academic outcomes. It is important for us to provide opportunities outside of the classroom where students can develop and demonstrate their resilience, responsibility, respect, care, curiosity and motivation; all of which provide a valuable foundation for success after school.
When students join us in Year 9, they arrive from three main feeder schools. It is important that students, alongside their tutor, quickly develop strong and positive working relationships. In order to support this development, all students in Year 9 took part in a morning or afternoon of team building with their peers.
The event itself took place over 3 days with all 12 tutor groups having some great fun, whilst developing problem solving and leadership skills. We even had great weather for 2 out of the 3 days!
A huge thank you to our parents who contributed a donation and the Foundation Governors for supporting us to provide this opportunity for our students.
Our U18s travelled down to Emmanuel College for the second round of the national Bowl competition. The team were full of confidence after recent successful outings against Kings Priory and Dame Allan’s B.
Emmanuel College proved to be a physical test right from the beginning as they had several strong runners, however, the first try from J. Dinning helped settle the nerves. Follow up tries from B. Barakat and T. Thompson meant KEVI gained a great control of the game before Emmanuel College finally got one back just on the stroke of half time after KEVI defended their try line tirelessly for 10 straight minutes.
Second half tries scored by A. Chappell and C. Woodcock helped KEVI extend their lead before conceding to an electric winger in the final moments.
Emmanuel college 10 – 29 KEVI
Other KEVI Rugby Results
U14
Dame Allan’s – friendly (L)
U15s
Dame Allans – National Cup (L) Now in the National Bowl
Longridge Towers – County Cup (W)
Prudhoe – County Cup (W)
U15s currently through to the county cup finals. A huge well done to coaches and players.
U18
Dame Allans National Cup (L) Now in the National Bowl
Dame Allan’s B – County Cup (W)
Kings Priory – County Cup (W)
The U18s through to county cup finals and chasing more success!
Committed to working with our community partners we are delighted to welcome Morpeth Rotary Club into assemblies in the coming weeks. The Rotary Club has supported a number of students with their own fundraising for projects like M10, providing opportunities for Post 16 students to develop their own leadership skills via the RYLA programme and made charitable donations to a number of organisations our students are affiliated with.
To support our mission to develop Accomplished Students, Rotary Club have spoken to students about their Young Writer, Young Photography and Young Artist competitions.
The theme of the competition this year is ‘Wonderful Water’ and this has many links to a number of curricula in school. The prizes for the winning entrants are workshops with local experts; great for supporting students early career development.
Information packs are available from [email protected] or applications form and privacy notices can be found here.
We are also supporting the Wrap Up campaign where preloved winter coats can be donated in school between 15 – 24 October.
2024 brings with it the 11th incarnation of our hugely popular careers event. KEVI Inspires is an opportunity for our students and their families to explore life beyond King Edward’s and see the benefits of becoming truly Accomplished Students who have a wealth of opportunity before them.
Pot 16 and Post 18 pathways can feel bewildering and daunting, but speaking to previous students and long-time associates of the event, students and families can be inspired and informed about their choices.
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of the exhibitors, many of whom have attended every single KEVI Inspires event. We literally could not do it without their support. We look forward to seeing all of our King Edward’s community at the event on Thursday 24 October.
The King Edward VI School celebrating success on Results Day
The King Edward VI School is reporting another set of excellent GCSE results today following our best ever set of A Level results last week.
Clare Savage, Headteacher said, “I would like to congratulate all Year 11 students and staff on our results which is a testament to our Year 11’s positive attitudes, determination and hard work. I am proud of every one of our students who have worked so hard to achieve such fantastic grades. They have been committed to their studies and sat their exams with confidence and determination. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all staff on behalf of our students for all the support they have given them.”
Adele Tansey, Year 11 Lead stated “I am very pleased to congratulate our Year 11 students on their excellent GCSE results. Our students have worked incredibly hard over the last two years and thoroughly deserve the results that they have been awarded. I am particularly pleased that a significant number of our students have achieved top grades and over ¾ of our students achieved a 4 or above in English and Maths.”
The majority of our students will return to King Edward’s 6th Form in September. We still have some spaces available for any student wishing to join our 6th Form this year and they can apply via the website at sixthformkevi.cheviotlt.co.uk.
The King Edward VI School students have achieved excellent A Level and Level 3 vocational results today with an amazing 36 students achieving all A*/A grades.
This year six students were successful in securing places at Oxbridge, five will go on to do medicine and two to Veterinary school. Many have secured places at university to study a wide range of courses from architecture to agriculture, animation to audio engineering, whilst others have secured high quality apprenticeships and employment.
Will Cottiss who achieved an outstanding four A* grades, has secured a place to study at Harvard University and will leave for the states next week whilst Mariia Liashko who joined King Edwards two years ago after fleeing the war in Ukraine will now go on to St Andrews University to study Economics after achieving three A* grades.
Headteacher, Clare Savage commented:
“As a school community we are so proud of our students’ efforts and achievements this year. I want to extend my thanks to all of the teachers, school staff, and parents who have supported our students along the way.”
Jack Quinlan, Head of Post 16 added:
“These fantastic results reflect the hard work and dedication that our students have put into their studies over the past two years. They are an incredibly talented cohort and they should be proud of all that they have accomplished throughout their time at the school. We wish them all the best with their next steps. We still have some spaces available for any student wishing to join our 6th Form this year and they can apply via the website at sixthformkevi.cheviotlt.co.uk.”
A group of sixth form students have successfully completed voluntary work with Greater Morpeth Development Trust to develop the first of the town’s new history displays. The team have spent the last nine months researching and designing five new local history display boards for the town.
King Edward’s students are encouraged to look outside school for voluntary activities in order to help prepare them for life beyond school. This project provided the perfect opportunity to get involved in something new, different and challenging that would create a difference in our town.
With the help of experts from various heritage groups in Morpeth, this project has presented our students with the opportunity to learn a great deal about people and places. They travelled to Newcastle to meet students doing History degrees at Newcastle University and explore common grounds for research. They worked with staff at County Hall to discuss ideas and plans for developing a new history website which now works alongside the displays at St Mary’s Church.
As part of their research stage, they not only visited places, but also hosted guests in school and met with Nigel Collingwood and Paul MacDonald from the Collingwood society, Mike Booth, a local volunteer with the Commonwealth War Graves Commision. Andrew Tebbutt on behalf of the Emily Davison family; Frances Povey from NCC Green spaces and Dr Marie Addyman, a specialist in the history of William Turner and the Carlisle Park Tudor and Physic garden dedicated to Turner.
On Wednesday afternoon, 17th July 2024, their research and design work came to fruition as the first three of the town’s new history displays were unveiled. The first display highlights the history of the church itself. The second display is about some of the Notable Morpethians buried in the churchyard with information about various people including the Epsom races winner jockey Ralph Bullock and the suffragette Emily Davison. The final display in the churchyard is about the many different types of war graves, WW1, WW2, Polish war graves, the RAF at Tranwell Woods and other background stories. The next two displays dedicated to Admiral Lord Collingwood and William Turner are due to be launched between September and October this year.
Our thanks to Dai and the GMDT for offering this opportunity to the students in our school. Thanks also go to all the people behind the scenes from the town’s Heritage network that helped to advise and check the displays for any mistakes. Special thanks to our guests representing the Collingwood society, the Friends of William Turner, the Emily Davison family and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for all their personal insights and stories. Thanks must also go to the staff at County Hall for all of their support and to Darren Turner from cbsworld for his design advice and guidance.
Together, we’ve helped to bring our town’s history alive.
