King Edward VI College, Stourbridge

King Edward VI College

Address

Lower High Street Stourbridge , West Midlands (former Worcestershire) , DY8 1TD England
Coordinates	52°27′31″N 2°08′49″W / 52.45856°N 2.14699°W / 52.45856; -2.14699
Information
Type	Academy sixth form Day
Motto	French: Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks evil of it)
Established	1552; 471 years ago (1552)
Founder	King Edward VI
Local authority	Dudley
Trust	Heart of Mercia Academy Trust
Department for Education URN	148142 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Holly Bembridge
Gender	Coeducational
Age	16 to 19
Enrolment	c. 2,250
Colour(s)
Former name	King Edward VI Grammar School
Website	http://www.kedst.ac.uk

King Edward VI College (KEDST) is a selective state sixth form centre located in Stourbridge, England, in the West Midlands area.

It is situated in the centre of Stourbridge, to the north of the town centre, on the side of the ring road (A491). In 2017, the college was listed as 'good' following an inspection by Ofsted.^[1]

The college's motto is the same motto as that of the Order of the Garter. Translated from Old French it meant "Shame be to him who thinks evil of it".

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History

The original school was founded on 21 May 1430 and was known as the Chantry School of Holy Trinity. The charter for the grammar school was granted on 17 June 1552 by King Edward VI. It became a selective sixth form college in September 1976 due to the introduction of comprehensive education in the Dudley borough, which Stourbridge had been incorporated into 2 years earlier and most of the rest of the borough had followed suit with a year earlier.^[2]

In February 2021 the college converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Heart of Mercia Academy Trust.^[3]

Admissions

The college is selective, and students are accepted only on the condition of achieving high grades at GCSE level.^[4]

Students are generally from within the West Midlands, coming from as far afield as Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Worcester. Background education of most pupils is usually from state secondary schools, though there are many independent institutions in the area. For example, some pupils come from Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School and Old Swinford Hospital.

Campus

The college buildings are all on one site, on Lower High Street in Stourbridge. The campus is bound by the Ring Road, Coventry Street, adjacent shops on Lower High Street and the street itself, and a new housing development. All lessons take place on college grounds.

In 2018 the college opened the new Frank Foley Building, situated near Duke Street, at a cost of £3.5 million. This provides a new canteen for students, dance studio, drama suite and computer science and graphic design facilities. Additionally, the new Henry Hickman Building at a cost of £1.8 million was completed in 2019, providing the college with a brand-new Library and upstairs are new classrooms for Politics, History and Classical Civilisation.

A-Level & AS subjects

Students choose 3 or 4 subjects to study in the first year, year 12. At the end of year 12, students who studied 3 subjects carry all of these through to the second year, year 13, whilst most students studying 4 subjects in year 12 drop a subject. Students following a 3 subject programme have more time for enrichment activities and time to focus on the chosen courses in depth, whilst those students studying 4 subjects have flexibility when deciding which subject to drop. These are the courses taught at Kings Edward's, as of September 2021.

Old Edwardians

Lydia Thompson plays Rugby Union for England^[5]
Rob Hawthorne sports commentator for Sky Sports
Richard Jones
Dan O'Hagan sports commentator for BBC's Match of the Day
Kenton Allen, producer of The Royle Family and the film "Six Shooter".
Clint Mansell, English musician, composer, and former lead singer and guitarist of the band Pop Will Eat Itself.
James Hand, BBC presenter and namer of Boaty McBoatface.
Stephanie Peacock, MP for Barnsley East
Esther Smith, actress
Nicola Richards, MP for West Bromwich East
Councillor Simon Phipps, Dudley MBC

King Edward VI Grammar School for Boys, Stourbridge

Anthony Bate, actor
Mike Cooper-Slipper, Battle of Britain pilot and later test pilot^[6] in Canada for Orenda Engines
Sir Michael Davies, judge
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Labour MP for Bromsgrove from 1971 to 1974, Birmingham Stechford from 1979 to 1983 and Birmingham Hodge Hill from 1983 to 2004
David Garrick, actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer.
Samuel Johnson, writer
Alan Kennedy, professor of psychology from 1972-2006 at the University of Dundee
Sir Ian Kennedy, chairman of the Healthcare Commission from 2004 to 2009
Robin Morgan, editor of the Sunday Times from 1995 to 2009
Sir Harry Pitt, vice-chancellor of the University of Reading from 1964 to 1979
Robert Plant, lead singer of Led Zeppelin
Richard Stanton-Jones, aeronautical engineer, rocket scientist, managing director of the British Hovercraft Corporation 1968-82.
David Trotman, mathematician
Sir Maurice Wilkes, computer scientist

References

^ "Find an inspection report". Reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "A History of Dudley". Localhistories.org. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "King Edwards VI College Stourbridge". www.heartofmercia.org.uk.
^ "King Edward VI College Stourbridge". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
^ "RFU - England". Englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ "Cooper-Slipper". www.acesofww2.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

External links

Official website

v t e Schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Primary	Cotwall End Primary School Jesson's CE Primary School
Secondary	Beacon Hill Academy Bishop Milner Catholic College The Crestwood School Dormston School The Earls High School Ellowes Hall Sports College Kingswinford Academy Leasowes High School The Link Academy Old Swinford Hospital Pedmore High School Pegasus Academy Redhill School Ridgewood High School St James Academy Summerhill School Thorns Collegiate Academy Windsor High School The Wordsley School
Special	Sutton School
Independent	Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School
FE and sixth form colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan College Dudley College of Technology King Edward VI College Halesowen College
Defunct	The Blue Coat School The Coseley School Cradley High School Dudley Girls High School Park Secondary School Pensnett High School Richmond Boys School Rosland Secondary School St James' School Wolverhampton Street School Other defunct schools

v t e Universities and colleges in the West Midlands
Universities	Aston Birmingham Birmingham City BPP Coventry Harper Adams Keele Law Newman Staffordshire UCB Warwick Wolverhampton Worcester
Further Education colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan Bournville Burton Buxton & Leek City College, Coventry Dudley Evesham Fircroft Halesowen Heart of Worcestershire Henley Hereford Herefordshire and Ludlow Hereward Kidderminster Malvern Hills Newcastle-under-Lyme North Shropshire North Warwickshire and Hinckley Queen Alexandra Royal National College for the Blind Sandwell Shrewsbury Solihull South & City Birmingham South Staffordshire Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Telford Walsall Warwickshire Wolverhampton
Sixth form colleges	Cadbury Hereford Joseph Chamberlain King Edward VI College, Nuneaton King Edward VI College, Stourbridge Ludlow Moorlands Telford Oaks Shrewsbury Solihull Stoke-on-Trent Worcester

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