King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls

About the School

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is a forward-thinking, selective state school with academy status and have an outstanding record of promoting high achievement. The school belongs to the King Edward VI Foundation and Multi Academy Trust.

With over 1,000 students on roll, including 350 in the Sixth Form, they are in a position to offer a wide curriculum; including four languages throughout the school. The vast majority of students make very good progress and staff use a range of data measures in school to set challenging targets. Staff regularly analyse their performance and seek new ways to enhance learning opportunities for all students. The intellectually challenging curriculum creates an environment where questioning, divergent thinking and freedom to learn from mistakes are encouraged.

There is a strong focus on building each student’s confidence and resilience; ensuring they have the emotional literacy and courage to make healthy life choices, flourish and be happy.

A major strength of the school is its pastoral structure. All students are very well supported by Form Tutors and Heads of Year. Behaviour and attendance are excellent and students are highly motivated, keen and enthusiastic. Leadership opportunities at all levels encourage students to reflect on their own personal qualities and achievements as well as celebrate their individuality and talents. Other projects in school, including the Duke of Edinburgh programme, are designed to improve wellbeing and develop teamwork and resilience, teaching students to reflect and learn from setbacks and to always aim high.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls' intake into Year 7 is 150. The school is oversubscribed and admission is by an entrance test. On entry, students are placed in five forms and are taught in these forms for most subjects whilst in Years 7 and 8. Sixth Form students organise a whole host of events for younger students mostly based around the House system. Each year, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls. recruits around fifty new students to Year 12 and almost every student continues into the Sixth Form after Year 11. Whilst Maths, Biology and Chemistry are the most popular A Levels, Arts, Languages and Humanities subjects are also common choices for students.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is very proud of their students’ outstanding academic success, but this is only part of the story. King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls wants to ensure that students are ‘real world ready’; independent learners, caring young people, curious critical and creative thinkers who are driven to make a difference in the world.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls welcome you to one of our Open Events so that you can see our school, and meet our Students, Staff and the wider school community.