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King Edward VI Five Ways School

King Edward VI Five Ways School is a co-educational selective grammar school in Bartley Green, Birmingham, educating around 1,300 pupils aged 11 to 18. Entry to Year 7 is through the West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership test, set by GL Assessment, in which a standardised score of 205 or above is the qualifying standard. It is one of the grammar schools of the King Edward VI Foundation in Birmingham, and has been co-educational since 1999.

RegionWest Midlands
AdmissionsSchool admissions page
DfE URN137046

The exam

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Key dates & preparation

2028 entry

Test: Mid-September of Year 6, on a Saturday (September 2027)

Results: Mid-October 2027 — results are published to parents

Offers: National Offer Day — Wednesday 1 March 2028

When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).

General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.

Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28

2027 entry

Test: Mid-September of Year 6, on a Saturday (September 2026)

Results: Mid-October 2026 — results are published to parents

Offers: National Offer Day — Monday 1 March 2027

When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).

General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.

Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28

Admissions rules

Catchment applies

The King Edward VI Foundation schools operate catchment areas: in-catchment children who reach the priority score are offered places ahead of out-of-catchment children, who are ranked by score. Looked-after children have statutory priority.

Read the school's admissions policy

Admissions in numbers

Entry yearQualifying scoreIntake placesNotes & source
2026No final-category offers on National Offer Day 2026: all March offers went to priority categories; the waiting list later reached a score of 250King Edward VI Foundation figures for September 2026 entry, as reported by David Bell Education. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
2026Qualifying score 205; priority score 224 (West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership test)180One shared partnership test (GL Assessment) for the Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire and Shropshire grammar schools in the partnership; 205 makes a child eligible, 224 is the priority score used in catchment categories. Published admission number as published by the King Edward VI Foundation schools. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

Results & destinations

2025 results

GCSE: Attainment 8 score 75.9; 96.7% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs

DfE performance tables

A level: Average point score per A level entry 43.40 (average grade B+); 40.9% of A level students achieved AAB or higher

DfE performance tables

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

2024 results

GCSE: Attainment 8 score 77.1; 98.3% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs

DfE performance tables

A level: Average point score per A level entry 46.21 (average grade A-)

DfE performance tables

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

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