Emily Maitlis, journalist, BBC news presenter and OLD EDWARDIAN,
@maitlis
, acknowledged, 'My teachers at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, for the best possible start in life', in her new book Airhead - The Imperfect Art of Making News. Thank you Emily.
Excellent results! A Level: Pass rate 99.6%; 62% A* - B grades; 33% A* - A grades; 12% A* grades; all students holding offers for Oxford and Cambridge were successful. BTECS: Average grade; Merit+. Fab! 👏
Mrs Proost was surprised and delighted to receive the teacher of the year award at the Cutlers' Graduation ceremony on 11th July. She received her certificate from the Master Cutler Dame Julie Kenny.
SPECIAL PHOTO MESSAGE for our FABULOUS students from staff at King Edward VII School! Although we are keeping in touch in different ways we really miss seeing and talking to you all every day. Take care and stay safe until the School reopens.😊
Well done to all our Year 13 students who received their results early this morning! You have worked so hard for success and responded so well to the challenges you have faced this year. We are so proud of you! From all the staff at KES!🙂👏👏
Miss Murray (Teacher of PE) was so proud of our sports leaders on 14.7.2022. They helped with Westways Sports Day. The PE teacher at Westways said they were AMAZING!
A Level/BTEC results and UCAS progression: 282 applications and most have secured places; Oxford and Cambridge Universities - 10 students were holding offers and ALL were successful. Additionally: 5 students for Medicine, 1 for Dentistry, 3 for Veterinary Science. Brilliant! 👏
Milan Football Tour 2019! Final day and a tour of San Siro Stadium - home to both Inter and AC Milan! WOW! Students have just finished their final matches. Both teams won their fixtures. They have improved their football skills with Atalanta FC. Fabulous experiences!
Massive metaphorical hug to all our wonderful students who returned to School this week! Brilliant to see you all and to welcome you back to King Edward VII School. Great to talk to each and everyone of you! Outstanding attendance figures! 😀✍️
600 students and staff arrived safely at Alton Towers this morning as part of their reward trip. They are having a great time and, so far, the weather is lovely! Enjoy!
Massive well done to Miss Murray, PE teacher, who received a special award at the Sheffield Schools' Presentation evening on 5.7.22 for her outstanding work with students and local primary schools. Fab!
Mrs Davis (Second n History) is now a Teacher Fellow of the
@histassoc
in recognition of her work on the Broadcasting and Social Change in sixties Britain programme. Her resources will be published shortly! Brilliant!👏
During half term, 20 Key Stage 5 Geography students visited Iceland. They saw lots of amazing sights including waterfalls, volcanoes, glaciers and the northern lights. The students all had a great time. These fabulous photos were taken by Amy, one of our Y12 students.
Massive CONGRATULATIONS to our Year 11 students on receiving their GCSE and BTEC results today. You displayed great resilience throughout Key Stage 4. We are very PROUD of you! 👏🥳
The PE department are very proud of our cross country runners who were selected to represent Sheffield at the South Yorkshire Cross Country Championships on 4.2.23. Freya became the South Yorkshire champion! Well done to all those who represented Sheffield! Amazing!
Massive CONGRATULATIONS to all our Year 11 students who received their GCSE results this morning! Excellent results! You deserve this success because of your hard work, commitment and resilience this year. We are incredibly proud of you. From all the staff at KES!😃👏👏
Y10 historians enjoyed a visit to
@unishefhistory
to watch and engage with The Nervous State play and sources from the Munich Crisis workshop with
@JulieVGottlieb
A MASSIVE well done to all our Y13 and Y14 students for achieving excellent A Level and BTEC results today. You deserve these excellent results because you worked so hard for them. Celebrate in style! Thank you to all your amazing teachers too! 😀👏👏
It was great to see so many of our lovely Year 11 students pick up their leavers' hoodies today, Tuesday 7 July 2020, at Lower School. We wish them all the best and hope to see many of them back at School in the Sixth Form in September. 😀
Last night 2 students took part in the Great Debate competition hosted by the Historical Association. They gave impassioned and thoughtful speeches on 'Why does history matter to me?'. Jamie won the competition and is invited to the national finals in Windsor Castle
@histassoc
Massive CONGRATULATIONS to our Year 13 students who have achieved excellent A Level and BTEC results today. You worked so hard for your results. We are PROUD of you! 👏🥳
20 eggs have arrived at Lower School for us to incubate. Deb Howe from Eggucation delivered the eggs and set the incubator up in Lab 3. Students will be finding out more about the eggs and the chicks they will hatch into when they return to school.
@EggucationDebs
Massive well done to all our Y13 and Y14 students who received their A Level and BTEC results today. You worked so hard for your results. We are so proud of you! 👏🥳😀
King Edward VII School wishes to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all the STAFF who work for our BRILLIANT National Health Service in Sheffield and in the UK, particularly in light of the Coronavirus. THANK YOU!
Students at Lower School on Friday 27 March 2020 - What a busy day! Orienteering for one hour (two Y7 girls won the race) followed by the planting of sun flower seeds in a Science lab. Which one will grow the tallest? Exhausting and time for a power nap!🌻💤😴
Congratulations and very well done to our Y11 and Y10 students who received their GCSE and BTEC results this morning. Super commitment and hard work. We are very proud of you! 👏😀
Massive congratulations to Mahnoor Akhter, Year 13, who has secured an Engineering Degree Apprenticeship with ROLLS-ROYCE in Derby! There were almost 40 thousand applications and Mahnoor was successful. ROLLS-ROYCE said they 'feel lucky to have Mahnoor. 🍀
WELL DONE to students at Lower School who raised £100.42 for Red Nose Day on Friday 19 March by buying delicious buns and cakes from the small change challenge!
Absolutely wonderful to see our Y11, Y13 and Y14 students on site today for their COVID-19 lateral flow tests. 😀Welcome back! We thought you might like to see the how the Lower School hall has been set up for the testing programme! Upper School is similar.
Y13 student Ted McDaid was nominated for an award from the Bradfield Festival for his services, loyalty and commitment to music making for the Music Hub and KES. He performed as part of a concert given by the famous Brodsky Quartet and presented with a cheque for £100 👏
Congratulations to our amazing Y10 student, Yulia, who took part in the France U17 Badminton Open Championships and secured 2 gold medals in the doubles/mixed doubles and entered the singles quarter finals too. Yulia has made friends from around the world! We are so proud of her!
Students were able to observe a debate in the House of Commons on the matter of the treatment of asylum seekers. They were accompanied by teachers Joe Johnston, Eco School Coordinator and Mark Lallemand, English teacher and member of Schools' Climate Education South Yorkshire.
Massive well done to Mr Creasy who received an award and certificate from the Master Cutler, Sarah Ward and Ian Nicholls for his commitment to the Master Cutlers' Programme
@cutlersBLBW
at King Edward VII School 👏
Massive well done to Mr Grantham, Second in PE who took part in the World Masters' Athletics Championship 2022 in Tampere, Finland recently. Some great successes: 3rd in the M35 Men's Decathlon over two days.
Milan Football Tour 2019! Day two and three have been amazing. Today students played a game and went on a tour of the city of Verona. Highly educational. Great fun eating together! Tomorrow, training with Atlanta FC and visiting beautiful Lake Garda. This is the life!
A MASSIVE well done to our Y11 students for achieving fabulous GCSE results on 12 Aug 2021. The results reflect the hard work and effort you put into studying & all the extra assessments completed. Brilliant! Looking forward to seeing many of you in the Sixth Form in Sept!😀👏
The Great Geography Bake Off took place during the Year 5/6 Open Evening on Tuesday. The polar bear cake was voted the winner! Winners and runners up will be announced in the Lower School assemblies this morning. Well done everyone!
Coronavirus and School Planning - Year 7 students had more fab learning experiences at Upper School today in Art, Drama, Geography, Music and more subjects. They enjoyed playing outside and reading in the exceptional Ted Wragg Library. We shall miss you now the School is closed.
Congratulations to Mrs Eva Lamb who was awarded the prestigious ALL Fellowship Award recently during the Language World Conference for her 'tireless commitment to Language education' for over 30 years. We are so proud of you, King Edward VII School 🎉
It was great to welcome our Year 7s 😀back to School yesterday and our Year 8s 😀today for their lateral flow tests. They have been fabulous and everything has gone so smoothly. Well done to all! 👏
Students and staff had a fabulous time at Lower School today! They each enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner at lunch time which was all home cooked and prepared by Autograph Catering Team! The food was superb and the atmosphere was festive! 🎄🎅
Congratulations to our Y8 girls sports hall athletics team who became South Yorkshire Champions for the second year running! They went to the EIS on 14/03/2024 to represent Sheffield against the top schools from Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster. Well done!
Y13 Leavers' Picnic: We recently said goodbye to our wonderful Year 13 students with some yummy wood fired pizzas and we wish them the best of luck in their coming exams!
Well done to nine of our students who have offers at Oxford and Cambridge universities. They have their sights set on top grades to enable them to study Engineering, Maths, Earth Sciences, Archaeology and Anthropology, History, Biochemistry, Music, Physics and Linguistics!
On 14.1.23 KES cross country runners competed in the Sheffield Schools' City championships at Graves Park. The students were amazing. Y7 girls became city champions with Freya finishing 1st, Lucy 4th, Lacey 5th and Sophie 6th. Y9 boys - Sam finished 10th. Well done to all!
Massive thank you to Mr Paish-Plunkett, Mr Grantham & PE Department for planning a great sports day at Woodbourn, Sheffield Hallam Uni Stadium today👏🏻👏🏽
Milan Football Tour 2019! Final day before departure and managed to squeeze in a tour of the famous San Siro Stadium which the students really enjoyed. All will be boarding the flight at Bergamo in a few minutes. Safe journey home to students and staff.😀
Well done to our Year 10 students who completed one of their Science courses (Triple Science) this summer and achieved amazing results today! Brilliant! From all the staff at KES, especially your Science teachers! 🙂🔬👏👏
Wednesday 6 May 2020 at Lower School and students experienced an eclectic mix of activities today! Spanish, Maths in an ICT room, catching up with online work and brilliant Brazilian rhythms and African drumming in the Music department with Mr Doubleday! Wow!🎶👏
Milan Football Tour 2019! 19 students from Year 8 to Year 13 and four PE staff are off to Milan today for the October half term holiday. Amazing! They will play a number of matches and keep fit in training sessions. Have a great time!
Well done to the girls Under 13 football team who played in an U13 football tournament on 13.11.19 at Sheffield Wednesday's training ground. They played three matches; won 1 and lost 2. Great, awesome effort and a fantastic team spirit!
Students at Lower School on Tuesday 21 April 2020 were intent on moving the Eco Committee agenda forward. They completed an environmental quality survey of six places on the School grounds, compared the sites and discussed what determines the quality of an area. Fab!🌳🐝🚮
Milan Football Tour 2019! More final photographs from a great trip with fabulous students and staff. Some might be tired now! Great memories are made from experiences like these! 😀
Spring Daffodils at Upper School!
Spring has been marked at King Edward VII School with the arrival of our first daffodils. These were planted on the front lawn during winter by Craig Jarvis, a member of our Premises Team. Our thanks go to him for this lovely sight!
Students at Lower School on Friday 27 March 2020 - Students spent a great afternoon making their own pizzas in the Food Technology room with Miss Murray followed by an intellectually challenging English lesson with Mr Lallemand. 🍕📚
Sports Day 2022 - Massive thank you to Mr Paish-Plunkett (PE Curriculum Leader) and his brilliant PE Department for organising such an outstanding sports day for the school! Thank you to all students and staff for making it a brilliant day. 🥳🏆
The inaugural KS3 Celebration Evening took place at Lower School on Tuesday 18 July 2023. Amazing students! Magnificent event! Thank you to Mr Gardiner and all staff who helped to organise it 👏
Well done to the School's cross country team for their performance at High Hazels Park on Saturday 25 September 2021. There were many outstanding performances from Year 7 to 12. Fab!
Students at Lower School were in for mighty treats with the Mitie Catering Team for Halloween! Tasty treats and amazing displays were enjoyed by our students! Fab!
King Edward VII School's Y7 boys and girls team go through to the South Yorkshire Sports Hall Athletics Finals after winning the Sheffield rounds on 23.1.23. Fab!
‘Massive thank you to all our amazing students, staff and governors for getting to the end of a challenging year! Have a fabulous summer! And take care! Twitter will be quiet during the summer.’ 👏🌞🌟
Post 16 Open Evening on 21.11.19 - Hugely successful. 1,800 prospective students and parents came. One parent said, 'This School has real energy and great subjects. Staff are welcoming and super student ambassadors'. A student said, 'This School is number one on my list!'
The Christmas Concert featured the KES Orchestra, Strings, The Djembe Drummers, Opia, The Chynes and soloists Matthew R, Maisie B, Rebecca S, Maddie C and David C. Fab!
A huge thank you to Matthew and Julie Doubleday and Jennie Machan for producing yet another impressive, inclusive Winter Music Festival. The audience had a fine evening!
Brilliant to see our Year 10 and Year 12 students on site today for their lateral flow tests. Welcome back to School! 😀All our Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students will be back in classrooms for face-to-face teaching tomorrow. Wonderful!
Amazing Spring Concert at Upper School this evening: wind band, Y10 rock band, junior and senior strings, Disney Choir, samba band, brass group, female A Cappella, senior choir, sublime soloists. MASSIVE thank you to Matthew Doubleday and Jennie Machan (Music Department)!🎻🎷
The Y7 girls' football team took part in the Sheffield Schools' 5 aside football tournament at Goals (All Saints) on Tuesday 18th October. They all played exceptionally well and enjoyed their first 5 aside tournament. Well done to all those who took part.
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to Tracey Gillott (Catering Manager) and her team, Autograph Catering, for achieving a GOLD AWARD in the food safety audit from Interserve. This amazing team provide amazing food and amazing service for students and staff at Lower School. Well done!👏👏
KES was awarded Secondary Schools' Sports Leader award of the year at the Sheffield Schools' Get Active awards on 5.7.23. The sports leaders have been fantastic in organising events for primary schools. Over 70 KS3 students were involved in leadership this year. Amazing!
Mrs Proost (KS3 Leader) and Miss Reeves (Y7 Pastoral Manager) had a lovely morning at Westways Primary School today as part of the Y6 into Y7 transition process. They completed six separate talks to Y6 'bubbles'. Wonderful questions from the children. See you in September! 😀😀
These Y7 students created some amazing board games as part of a History Challenge Project. They are very creative and include lots of relevant historical references. I am so impressed with their work. Mrs K Dixon 👏
First of the Sheffield Schools' Cross Country meetings on Saturday 24 September at High Hazels Park. King Edward VII runners were phenomenal. The Y7 girls' team came first with some outstanding performances. Freya 1st, Sophie 2nd, Lucy 3rd, Rosina 5th and Lacey 6th. 👏
Amazing results on 10.10.22 from all who took part in the 1st round of the English schools. Well done to the Y7 girls who are competing in the JG girl age group - a combination of Y7/Y8. They have qualified to compete at the regional round in November!!
Huge congratulations to Faith in Y12 who was selected as winner of Oxford Uni's Big Think competition for History! An outstanding achievement. Judges complimented Faith on her discussion of the benefits and limitations of prehistoric methods and non-written evidence. Well done!
Well done to KES athletes who represented Sheffield at the South Yorkshire Schools Track and Field Athletics Championships in Doncaster on 10.6.23. There were some outstanding performances; Lyra, Y9, finished 3rd in the 800m. Katlin, Y7, 1st in the race walk. Freya, Y7, 2nd 800m.
Y10 enjoying the bank holiday with a trip to the theatre. Stephen Daldry's world famous production of An Inspector Calls. The students were a credit to the School, impeccably behaved and mesmerised by the acting and the set!
It was the 2nd Sheffield Cross Country at Norfolk Park on 18.10.22. Great turn out for KES runners. Y7 girls got 2 teams out with some outstanding performances. Freya having her 2nd win of the season. Well done to all those who took part. The next race is 5.11.22 at Bradfield.
Y9 sports leaders spent the day at Westways Primary School on 7 December running a multi sports winter festival for Y1 children. The children played fun festive games. It was a fantastic day seeing the Y1 children with big smiles on their faces! Well done sports leaders.
Our Y13 History and Politics students enjoyed an inspirational trip to Washington DC during February half-term. It was an incredible experience and our students were a credit to the School. Well done everyone involved!
We are extremely proud of our Y7 girls sports hall athletics team. They competed at the EIS on 21 March against the best schools from Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster. After a very close competition they came 1st, becoming the South Yorkshire champions!! Amazing effort!!
On 7.11.22 four students went to 10 Downing Street to deliver the demands from the Schools' Climate Assembly held at Upper School last half term. A fantastic day meeting members of Parliament, talking about how important climate education is and moving towards net zero asap.