Welcome to KEHS
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Welcome to KEHS.

King Edward VI High School for Girls is a multi-layered, modern school. Each girl is encouraged to engage with the rich world of ideas and explore intellectually as far as she can. Girls are eager to develop their creative and physical talents. KEHS girls revel in the wide range of activities outside of the classroom that are on offer. Each girl’s personal journey through school will be different, but for all, a KEHS education ensures she can play a full part in the challenges and opportunities of life in the 21st century. Girls come here wanting to learn and grow with a natural curiosity about life, knowledge and people.  

At KEHS we are preparing girls for a fulfilling life as 21st Century women providing students with opportunities to be independent thinkers and confident leaders. Academic scholarship, that is at the heart of KEHS, is embedded not only in practical application but in fundamental moral values that mean KEHS girls will not just be effective and successful leaders but the great leaders of the future.


At KEHS we also place a strong emphasis on science and technology. We are one of only a small number (around 20) of schools in the UK with a working seismometer able to detect earthquakes from around the world of magnitudes greater than 6.5. These are fairly major earthquakes and around 20 to 30 occur each year around the world.Do use our website to glimpse the many sides to life at KEHS.

On 27th February 2008 just before 1.00 a.m. the biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years shook homes across large parts of England. The epicentre of the 5.3 magnitude quake was near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.

Midlands Today visited the school to find out more about our work with seismometers. Click here to watch a short video of the news broadcast.

We run a very popular Engineering Education scheme for 6th form students; this year the girls are designing a prototype for a new remote control device which focuses on engaging and disengaging pressure sensors, in the past girls have participated in projects run by IMI and Cadburys. Our new independent learning astronomy course has been extremely popular with students from a range of year groups.



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Please contact us if you require further details or would like to arrange a visit.

NEXT OPEN OCCASION:  Thursday 3rd July 2008 5:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m

Click here to visit the King Edward VI Foundation.

 

 



Successes Last Term

 
Click here to learn more about our successes last term. 

Top Independent School in the Country for A Levels in 2007


New government league tables published on the 10th January show that KEHS was the top performing independent school in the country for A Levels. 

Our A level results exceeded expectations and were even better than those achieved in 2006 with a 100 per cent overall pass rate and 90.5 per cent at grades A and B. The number of girls achieving four or more grade As rose from 42 per cent in 2006, to over half in 2007.

Our GCSE results were also most impressive, 90.8% of grades were awarded an A*/A grade.

 

 Old Edwardians' Lunch 2008


On Saturday 28th June over 180 Old Edwardians attended a re-union lunch at KEHS. After the meal 'old girls' were able to visit the 125th Anniversary Exhibition in the school library.


At the lunch Miss Evans launched the school's 125th Anniversary Bursary Appeal.

Click here to download the school's 'Giving to their Future' brochure.

What's New on the Website?

News Items: RS Visit to Beth Shalom

Click here to read the library book reviews

School Newsletter: June 2008

Widening Horizons 2007

Curriculum Booklets: The latest 3rds - U4th and 6th Form Curriculum booklets.

High Profile Summer 08