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.
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.
The company also gave it their all to make it the spectacular performance it was written to be, bringing the workhouse, Fagin’s den and the streets of Victorian London to life.
King Edward’s School, Birmingham (KES) has once again been named the highest performing day school for boys, either independent or state, in the West Midlands.
