King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy

Welcome to KESH. We are an oversubscribed 11-18 Academy serving a vibrant and diverse community. As part of KE Academy Trust Birmingham, our vision is to enable students to reach the highest personal and academic standards. Our state of the art facilities and broad and balanced curriculum provide a fantastic environment in which to learn and our core values of compassion, aspiration, respect, and equality underpin everything we do in our mission to provide the best quality of education for our learners.

A highly skilled staff provide excellent academic and pastoral support. Each child has a dedicated Pastoral Manager and Head of Year to guide them through their journey. We place significant emphasis on recognising and rewarding student’s achievements with our extensive rewards programme. We have high expectations of our students conduct. Attendance is above national average demonstrating that students enjoy coming to school and feel part of our community.

Students have the opportunity to partake in a wide range of activities beyond the classroom including clubs, sporting fixtures, music, trips and visits ensuring they are well equipped to thrive, both on their journey through school and beyond.

Each year group in Key Stage 3 and 4 has a homework schedule to ensure a manageable volume of homework is set throughout the week. Up to two homework tasks may be set each day. English, maths and science will be set once a week. Other subjects will be set once a fortnight. Post 16 students have varied timetables and homework will reflect the individual learning programme of each student. As students move through each year group, work set will begin to involve longer pieces of homework, reflecting their age.

King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. All staff and visitors have an important role to play in safeguarding children and protecting them from abuse.