UK Schools
King Edward VI School
King Edward VI School is a mixed independent school in Southampton, Southampton City Council, teaching 989 pupils aged 10 to 19. The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for King Edward VI School.
- 1–2 PD Days
- 3 Students Return (Year 7 only)
- 4 Students Return (All students)
- 24 PD Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 19 Autumn Term Ends
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 PD Day
- 6 Spring Term Starts (Students Return)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 Spring Term Ends
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 Summer Term Starts (Students Return)
- 4 Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 20 PD Day
- 20 Summer Term Ends
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- PD Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Event
- Students Return (Year 7 only) Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Students Return (All students) Sep 4, 2025 Event
- PD Day Oct 24, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- PD Day Jan 5, 2026 Event
- Spring Term Starts (Students Return) Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Starts (Students Return) Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- PD Day Jul 20, 2026 Event
- Summer Term Ends Jul 20, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
Independent schools mostly enter international GCSEs, which the DfE does not count in Attainment 8 or the English and maths measures. The GCSE figures below will look far lower than a state school’s and are not comparable with them.
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare King Edward VI School with Southampton City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 15.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Southampton City Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 45.21 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Southampton City Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for King Edward VI School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to King Edward VI School than to any other school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.