King Edward VI Aston School
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| Motto |
Dieu et mon droit ("God and my right") |
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| Established | 1883 |
| Type | |
| Religion | Christian |
| Headmaster | Mr C. Parker |
| Location |
Frederick Road Birmingham B6 6DJ England Coordinates: 51°22′30″N 0°48′00″W / 51.375°N 0.800°W |
| DfE number | 330/5408 |
| DfE URN | 137043 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | 88 |
| Students | 748 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | web |
King Edward VI Aston School is a selective, all-boys grammar school and specialist sports college. The school, designed by Birmingham architect J.A. Chatwin, opened in 1883 and is still, with additional buildings, located on its original site, in the Aston area of Birmingham, England.
The school is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, which runs seven schools in Birmingham. Currently, Aston has 750 boys with 250 of those in the Sixth Form.
The King Edward VI Aston Grammar School was opened in 1883. In 1911, the girls' school moved out to a new building in Handsworth and merged with two smaller Foundation schools (Summer Hill and Bath Row). The whole Aston building was then used for boys. With the departure of the girls, the Pyramus and Thisbe Wall (which had previously served to separate the boys from the girls) was also removed. King Edward VI Aston is the only school in the foundation that still occupies its original site. The original buildings are still in regular use, but there have been significant alterations and extensions. In 1963, the "New Building" was opened. More recently, the school has added a sports hall and a building to house the languages departments and has acquired the part of Frederick Road that formerly bisected the site.
The 1963 building, now known as Douglas House (after a double-fronted Victorian villa that stood on the same site), has been extended and refurbished to provide four extra laboratories, a teaching kitchen, new classrooms for art, design technology and music, a conference room, a first aid room and offices. The extension was named the Watcyn Thomas Wing, after a former Welsh Rugby International who taught at the school for 37 years. It was opened on 20 May 2008 by Bob Simpson, an Aston Old Edwardian (as former pupils are known) and governor of the school.
Aston has had only eight headmasters in 125 years:
The average term for an Aston headmaster has been approximately seventeen years. The longest serving was L.G. Brandon, who held the position for 33 years (one hundred terms).
The House System within the school has a fundamental role in the school's structure. It was introduced circa 1908 and very quickly produced a marked improvement in sporting standards.There were four houses which, until 1945, were known by the names of the Housemasters. The first of these were Jones's (which became Floyd house), Higgs's (which became Temperley), Lane's and Fisher's. The last two became Manton and School, though which was which is not clear from the records. This could be quite confusing when the housemaster changed, so in 1945 the present system was introduced.
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