King Edward VI Aston School A GSG School
- King Edward VI Aston School
Frederick Road
Aston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B6 6DJ - Head: Matt Brady
- T 0121 327 1130
- F 01213 287020
- E enquiry@keaston.bham.sch.uk
- W www.keaston.bham.sch.uk
- A state school for boys aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Birmingham
- Pupils: 980 ; sixth formers: 300
- Religion: Christian
- Open days: Year 7 open events: September; Sixth Form open evening: November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 10th May 2022
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
An unpretentious inner-city grammar that’s always reflected the changing nature of the local community. Academic rigour, yes. Pressure cooker, no. ‘While of course you want a bit of pressure in a selective school, I also wanted my son to just enjoy learning,’ said a parent, who has not been disappointed. ‘He’s really engaged in the subjects and although not top of the class, is never made to feel that matters.’ Head big on promoting ‘a creative push’ because ‘skilled creatives are needed in every industry’. While DT is dying in other schools, here it is thriving. Art…
What the school says...
Entrance examinations consist of: 11 1st test - verbal and numerical reasoning. 2nd test - non-verbal reasoning. No interview.
Sample papers available commercially.
Converted to an academy 2011.
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State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2021, Matthew (Matt) Brady, previously associate principal for WMG Academy for Young Engineers. Before that, worked in high performing comps and girls’ state schools including Arden School and Tile Hill Wood School. ‘Leafy suburb grammar’ would not have appealed, but ‘one where I could make a genuine difference – yes please.’ Is a product of the state system himself – a local comp, then sixth form college, in Winchester. His degree in modern languages and European studies from Bath was followed by a year’s teaching English in Germany, which he ‘loved’, though tried his hand at marketing for an ‘unfulfilling’ three years before ‘returning to my calling’. Gained PGCE, then 20 years later his MEd. Tigger-like enthusiasm for working in education – ‘There’s no better reason to get up in the morning.’ <br...
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