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 

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.”

An unforgettable event for students and teachers on a day of competition and enjoyment

This year’s sports day was an exciting one for our students. Students competed in order to gain glory for their houses, however despite all this competition, there was still an incredibly positive atmosphere, thanks to staff and students cheering on competitors and the good sportsmanship demonstrated on the day.

The true essence of Sports Day lay not only in the students’ pursuit of victory but also in fostering a sense of unity and school pride in our community. The compassion shown by the students towards those competing and their fellow classmates was brilliant to see.

Sports Day demonstrates exactly what our school is about.

Huge congratulations to Year 10 Student Alan Young, who won The Northumberland School’s U16 boys Gross competition, held at Ponteland Golf Club on Tuesday 16th May. This will hopefully qualify Alan for The North of England Schools Championships to be held at Cleckheaton Golf Club, Bradford during May half term.

We love reading at King Edward’s and we are celebrating World Book Day all week with a range of activities for students and staff. There are lots of prizes to be won.

Student and Staff Book Quiz

Staff and students will be 

competing in our annual WBD Quiz.  Mrs Sibbald is our current WBD Quiz Staff Champion – who will be the one to knock her off the top spot? All students and staff can enter here: QUIZ HERE. 

Shelfie Quiz 

Tutor groups will be having a go at completing the SHELFIE quiz – staff have taken pictures of their bookcases showing what they love to read and students have to guess which bookshelf belongs to which staff member.

Book in a Jar Hunt

There are lots of jam-jars containing excerpts from popular books on teachers desks. Students will be given response sheets to complete – they need to find the jars, identify the book and submit their form to the LRC by lunchtime on Friday 3 March. 

What’s that Quote?

Around A-Floor there are lots of quotes from the set texts in Englishhanging on the walls. Students need to hunt them out and identify the book and character. Entry forms handed in to the LRC by Lunchtime on Friday 3 March. More student prizes available!

Potato Character Competition for Staff & Students

Get creative and have a go at giving a spud a makeover – select any character from any book and decorate a potato to reflect the character. Entries to the LRC by lunchtime on Friday 3 March. Staff and student prizes up for grabs!

Thank you to all parents, carers and students who attended this event. If you would like to review the presentations for English, Maths and Science, please visit our KS4 Exam Preparation website here where you will find the presentation from the evening, important dates for Year 11 as well as curriculum overviews for all subjects to support revision.

The King Edward VI School Year 13 students have achieved excellent A level and level 3 vocational results today. 

The school is delighted that almost three-quarters of students are now moving into higher education at a number of high performing universities including Oxbridge, many Russell Group and Ivy League institutions. 

Headteacher, Clare Savage commented: 

“These incredibly positive results represent all the hard work of our students throughout their time at King Edward’s. It is also an illustration of the dedication and commitment of the staff and parents who have supported our students to enable them to achieve so highly. 

As they prepare to move on to further study or work, I would like to thank our students for the significant and positive contribution they have made to our school. They have excelled in so many fields and we have been so impressed by all of their achievements. We wish all of our students every success in their future endeavours.” 

Leanne Johnston, Head of Post 16 thanked the students for their efforts and congratulated them on their successes. “The progress each and every student has made throughout Sixth Form is exceptional with many exceeding their target grades, which is fantastic. 

We are delighted at the range of exciting opportunities they are taking up. The courses applied for continue to expand and reflect the varied interests and talents of our students. We have students moving on to Conservatoires and the Royal College of Music, degree choices from Film and TV production to Midwifery, Fashion and Textiles to Robotics. Optometry, International Relations and everything in between. Several are pursuing apprenticeships in a range of fields, from Business Admin to Engineering. Whatever their next step, we wish all our students the very best for the future.”

Over a third of all entries were A*- A grades, almost 90% of all entries were A*- C grades and the average grade achieved was a grade B. A number of students performed outstandingly well, including 26 students who achieved all A-A* grades, 9 of which achieved all A*grades.

GCSE Level Results will be released to all students on Thursday 25 August. Results will be available for collection, in person by individual students from 9.30am from the Upper School Hall. 

Alternatively, results will be emailed out to a student’s 3rivers account by 12 noon on Thursday 25 August. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to arrange for your results to be emailed. Otherwise any uncollected results will be posted home on the same day.

The letter sent to all parents and carers can be read in full here