The U16 hockey team beat Hall Cross Academy 6-3 in the National Playoffs to reach the National Hockey Finals for the first time.
Captain Jay Reddy scored four goals. Alex Cheswick and Max Dixon completed the scoring. The finals will take place at Cannock Hockey Club on the 24th and 25th April. KES will face Whitgift, Queens College and Ipswich School.
It was a privilege for our year 12 pupils to attend a jam-packed morning of higher education sessions given by leading academics and admissions staff from Birmingham, Aston, Warwick, Leicester and Nottingham Universities.
This year’s Senior Production was an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. If this production was anything, it was big!
King Edward’s School was inspected in November 2025, meeting standards in all areas and being awarded the rare distinction of a “significant strength” for the way in which pupils develop a strong sense of belonging.
Thinking we were still Christopher Columbus, swimming in a mud-based basin seemed very appealing. Burning my feet on the walk back to the moped was not a part of the plan but after the basin swallowed my flipflops I had few options.
