Academy · Birmingham
King Edward VI Aston School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Boys
- Selective (11+)
- Sixth form
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Birmingham council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 143 families put this school as their first choice, and 146 places were offered. 70 of the families who put it first got a place (49%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 146 | 143 | 49% |
| September 2025 | 140 | 112 | 42% |
| September 2024 | 138 | 141 | 45% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
11+ entrance test
This school uses The Grammar Schools in Birmingham Entrance Test, a shared test used by 7 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 9 September 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Sixth form
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 10 May 2022. Overall: Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1023 (capacity 1000)
- Gender
- Boys
- Academy trust
- KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
- Admissions
- Selective (entrance test)
- Phone
- 01213271130
- Address
- Frederick Road, Aston, Birmingham, B6 6DJ
- Website
- keaston.bham.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.