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'''King Edward VI Five Ways''' ({{gbmapping|SP000814}}) is a selective grammar school and a specialist humanities school located in the [[Bartley Green]] area of south [[Birmingham]]. [[England]].

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| motto = [[Dieu et mon Droit]]

| established = 1883

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| founder = [[Edward VI of England]]

| specialist = [[Humanities College]] <br> [[Science College]]

| address = Scotland Lane

| city = [[Bartley Green]]<br>[[Birmingham]]

| county = [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]

| country = England

| postcode = B32 4BT

| urn = 137046

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| staff = 100 (approx.)

| enrolment = 1,300

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

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The'''King schoolEdward VI Five Ways''' (KEFW) is thea largestselective co-educational selectivestate grammar school infor theages 11–18 in [[WestBartley MidlandsGreen]], (county)|West Midlands[[Birmingham]], itUnited isKingdom. runOne byof the seven establishments of the [[Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI]], it is a voluntary aided school, with admission by highly selective examination. It was founded in [[Five Ways, Birmingham]] in 1883 and retained its name when it moved to Bartley Green in 1958.

==Background==

Currently the school has around 1150 pupils in attendance, and over 100 staff including the current [[headmaster]], D. J. Wheeldon, both a former pupil and teacher at the school. It is also renowned for the [[cultural]] and [[Race|racial]] diversity of its pupils, although many would argue that there is a disproportionate class bias; the majority of students having a middle class background. The school is strongly rooted in the [[Anglican]] tradition of its founder [[King Edward VI]], and [[Christian]] hymns are sung every Monday morning in full-school assembly. Other religions and faiths are catered for in Friday morning assemblies.

It was first in the school league tables in 2007.<ref name="League Tables">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/2/news_archive/200804_top_ten.htm| title = Five Ways in the Top 10!| access-date = 2006-11-14| date = 2004-08-20| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050320130142/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/2/news_archive/200804_top_ten.htm| archive-date = 20 March 2005| df = dmy-all}}</ref> Currently the school has around 1000 pupils in attendance amongst the lower school (years 7-11) and over 100 staff, many of whom are former pupils, as well as around 400 in the school's sixth form. The school is unique amongst the [[Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI|King Edward VI Foundation]], being the only fully co-educational one. The school scored "good" in the latest [[Ofsted]] report in 2023.<ref name="Ofsted Report Summary">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/1/ofsted_reports.htm| title = Ofsted Report Summary| access-date = 2006-11-02| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070310173427/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/1/ofsted_reports.htm| archive-date = 10 March 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Ofsted Report">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/letters/05-06/ws/ofsted_published_report2005.pdf| title = Full November 2005 Ofsted Report| access-date = 2006-11-02| date = 2005-11-25| publisher = Ofsted|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/5sdib5Rxm?url=http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/letters/05-06/ws/ofsted_published_report2005.pdf| archive-date = 10 September 2010| df = dmy-all}}</ref> The school is [[Voluntary Aided]]. Parents are asked to make a voluntary contribution each year of around £30 per pupil to provide extras and benefits for all school pupils throughout the year.<ref name="School Information">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/4/letters/guidancenotes.pdf| title = School Information| access-date = 2007-12-25| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071022232146/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/4/letters/guidancenotes.pdf| archive-date = 22 October 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref> The school uses some unusual terminology, matching that of other Foundation schools, such as naming reading time "DEER" or naming homework "HIPPO",<ref name="School Values and Ethos">{{cite web| url = http://www.kefw.org/aims-ethos-pastoral-care| title = School Values and Ethos| access-date = 2018-05-03| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180503210028/http://www.kefw.org/aims-ethos-pastoral-care| archive-date = 2018-05-03}}</ref> though not all teachers employ these terms.

==History==

The school was established as part of the King Edward VI Foundation in 1883 at [[Five Ways, Birmingham|Five Ways]] just south of Birmingham city centre. In 1958, the school moved to a 30 acre site in the Bartley Green area of the city which, according to the 2003 IMD index, is one of the 5 most deprived areas of South Birmingham, with over 50% of children living in families claiming means tested benefits. This has lead on occasion to tensions between the predominantly middle class pupils and the wider Bartley Green community. The school became fully co-educational in September 2003.

==Education History ==

{{Main|Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI}}

King Edward VI Five Ways is amongst one of the best schools in the country, and is tenth in the school league tables. Pupils must sit an [[eleven plus]] examination administered by the foundation. The school retains a strong emphasis on academic excellence – the school aims to encourage all pupils to seek progression into [[University]] and [[Further Education]].

[[File:Old KEFW.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A 19th-century photograph of the school when it was at Five Ways island.]]

==Extracurricular Activities==

===Drama===

At the moment the head of the drama department is Mr Merrell, who joined KEFW in 2005. So far he has led many successful school productions such as The Canterbury Tales (as a full school production) by Geoffrey Chaucer and The Tempest by William Shakespeare in 2005, which was entered into the BBC Shakespeare competition. In 2006 he directed Bugsey Malone by Alan Parker with a full school cast.

Established as a boys' school in 1883, part of the [[Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI|King Edward VI Foundation]],<ref name="King Edward VI Foundation">{{cite web|url=http://www.kingedwardsfoundation.co.uk/ |title=Foundation History |access-date=2006-11-02 |publisher=King Edward's Foundation |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227205418/http://www.kingedwardsfoundation.co.uk/ |archive-date=27 February 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Wheeldon 1982 113">{{cite book | last = Wheeldon | first = David | title = King Edward VI Five Ways 1883-1983 |date=December 1982 | pages = 113}}</ref> the school's original building was that of the former Edgbaston Proprietary School, on Hagley Road at its junction with Ladywood Road, at [[Five Ways, Birmingham|Five Ways]], approximately 1 mile south-west of Birmingham city centre. The school, designed by [[J.A. Chatwin]] was opened on 16 January 1883 by [[A. J. Mundella]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Right Hon. A.J. Mundella in Birmingham. Opening of the Five Ways Grammar School | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000644/18830116/075/0003 |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |___location=England |date=16 January 1883 |access-date=22 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> with provision for 350 boys<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Visit of Mr. Mundella to Birmingham. Opening of the Five Ways Grammar School |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000033/18830117/010/0005 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |___location=England |date=17 January 1883 |access-date=1 February 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> the Headmaster being E.F.M. MacCarthy, formerly a master at the main King Edward's School. He remained in the post until retirement in 1916, and now has a building named after him at the Bartley Green site. Originally the school educated only up to age 16, Fifth Form, and to go to [[Oxbridge]] a pupil had to transfer to the main [[King Edward's School, Birmingham|King Edward's School]], at the time in [[New Street, Birmingham|New Street]]. However, MacCarthy's successor, Mr Barker, introduced a Sixth Form.

===Foundation Drama Competition===

The FDC has been running for two years now, with foundation schools Camp Hill Boys, Hansdworth Girls and King Edward VI Five Ways competing. Mr Merrell organised the plays Knots (KS3) and Prufrock's Love Song (KS4). In 2006 the overal trophy was won by Hansworth Girls school. In 2007 it was won by King Edward VI Five Ways, as was the StageCraft award (won by the cast of Knots - S.Bradwell, I.Cope, H.Curtis, V.Daji, S.Doal, A.Kinder, O. L - LD, A.Mathews, C.O., S.Sharman, H.Simpson, A.Stone and J.Sung) the best KS3 actress award (won by S.Sharman) and the best KS3 overal award (won by the cast of Knots).

During the [[Second World War]], the Headmaster at the time, Mr Dobinson, decided to evacuate the school to [[Monmouth]], and the boys attended [[Monmouth School]], the two staffs sharing the teaching. This meant that all the staff and pupils were lodged in the town, and could only keep in contact with family via correspondence; Mr Dobinson was able occasionally to visit Birmingham.

===Debating===

Lower School and Upper School debating has thrived since the arrival of Ms Ayres in 2005, going from mediocre to debating in national competitions.

After the war the school was becoming overcrowded, but due to development around the school there was no opportunity to expand, so a new site was found. On 23 April 1958 the school opened at its current home in Bartley Green, a suburb on the extreme south-west of Birmingham. The new school was built on the site of the Bartley Farm, which had been purchased by the Foundation, next to [[Bartley Reservoir]]. The site was elevated, and in the winter a bleak place.

==School Song Ha Ha Ha, What A Joke==

<i>The school song is sung on occasions such as Speech Day:

The relocation was not universally popular. The School Debating Society passed a motion regretting the move. Staff were concerned about the effect the relocation to such a distant suburb would have on the school's intake, which because of the central position had been drawn from the whole city; many boys who had joined the school at Five Ways, easily reached from all parts of the city, suddenly had considerably longer journeys to its new remote ___location. This undoubtedly affected admissions in later years. Then the school's corridors were considered too narrow especially around the original core block of the school, and whilst the playing fields were extensive the school buildings themselves were small and rather basic, with limited common areas.

Now let us lift our voices,

With one consent to sing,

Long live the name of Edward,

Our Founder and our King.

Many additions have been made to the original 1958 buildings. These include a music block, a technology block, a sports hall and the MacCarthy Block. The Eyles Centre was built to house the school's Sixth Form. It has since been replaced by the Chowen Sixth Form Centre, and the Eyles Centre has been renovated to become a new music block. The old music building is now a large computer suite and staff offices. There has also been the expansion of the Science Wing, and increased [[seating capacity]] in the hall with an annex and balcony, as well as the Fitness Suite and extension to the art rooms in the MacCarthy Block. In recent years, a sports pavilion, a new astro turf playing field,<ref name="SchoolHistory">{{cite web |title=School History |url=https://www.kefw.org/welcome |website=King Edward VI Five Ways School |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> a mobile classroom, a languages centre, and an Observatory have been built, it is important to note that the mobile classroom was rebuilt, the old mobile classroom(nicknamed 'the shed' by the pupils) was built in 2014 and was rebuilt in early 2024.

Who will not join this chorus

Five Ways introduced computer technology in 1978, using a communications link to [[mainframe]] facilities at [[Aston University]].

Is either rogue or fool,

Girls have been admitted to Five Ways since 1988, first in the Sixth Form, then in the main school ten years later. Today Five Ways is the largest [[co-educational]] grammar school in the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], and one of the top five co-ed grammar schools nationally.<ref name="From the Headmaster">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/1/index.htm| title = Co-ed status| access-date = 2006-11-02| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070204032131/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/1/index.htm| archive-date = 4 February 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

Long live the name of Edward,

===Headteachers===

God bless the grand old School.

The school has had 12 Headmasters and 2 Headmistresses in its history.

#Revd Egerton Francis Mead MacCarthy 1883<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Rev. E. MacCarthy's Will | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19180214/083/0003 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |___location=England |date=14 February 1918 |access-date=22 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> – 1916

#Arthur Ernest Barker 1916<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Five Ways School |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19161221/055/0003 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |___location=England |date=21 December 1916 |access-date=22 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> – 1933

#Charles Henry Dobinson 1933 – 1945<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Oxford University Appointmentl | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000768/19450518/104/0004 |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |___location=England |date=18 May 1945 |access-date=22 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> (afterwards Reader in Education at Oxford University and Tutor in the University Department of Education)

#Harry Robert Roach 1946<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Headmaster for Five Ways |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19451101/094/0002 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |___location=England |date=1 November 1945 |access-date=22 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> – 1951

#Thomas Charles Burgess 1951 – 1963<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mr. T.C. Burgess |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19630930/535/0028 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |___location=England |date=30 September 1963 |access-date=22 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> (Oversaw move to Bartley Green; died in post)

#[[Roland Mathias]] 1964 – 1969

#Peter Rodney Watkins 1969 – 1974

#Geoffrey Sanders 1974 – 1990

#Revd John G. Knowles 1990<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=School gets a New head | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19891218/007/0007 |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |___location=England |date=18 December 1989 |access-date=22 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> – 1999

#Peter Limm 1999 – 2002

#David Wheeldon 2002 – 2012

#Yvonne Wilkinson 2012 – 2021

#Charlotte M. Jordan 2021 – 2023<ref name="stafflist">{{cite web |title=The Staff |url=https://view.publitas.com/king-edward-vi-five-ways-schoo/front-of-autumn-term-calendar-2021/page/1 |publisher=King Edward VI Five Ways School |access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

#Dr Simon N Bird 2024 - current

Yvonne Wilkinson was Acting Headmistress from September to December 2002, the first Headmistress in the school's history, although as she served in an acting capacity for only one term it was not properly a Headmistresship. She returned as the first actual headmistress from the start of the 2012–2013 school year, after a headship at [[Gateways School]], [[Leeds]].

Linda Johnson was acting as Interim Headmistress since February 2023 as Charlotte Jordan left her role after releasing a list of striking staff to parents on 15 February, causing a data breach.<ref name="BBC news">{{cite news |title=King Edward VI head teacher leaves role amid data breach {{!}} BBC News |work=BBC News |date=March 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-64817623 |access-date=3 March 2023 |publisher=}}</ref> Dr Simon N Bird, former Handsworth Grammar School headmaster, took leadership in early 2024. This is the first headmaster of Five Ways in 12 years.

==Entry==

Long live the good old School then,

Pupils must pass an [[11-plus]] entrance exam to get into the school. The entrance examination is tough and only 1 in 10 is successful. The King Edward VI Foundation holds its exams at the same time, and generally a candidate will sit one exam for multiple schools within the foundation. Formerly 155 were selected from each year, from more than 1,500 candidates; with a few more accepted every year on appeal. From September 2014 the school increased its intake to 180 pupils in Year 7.<ref>{{cite web|title=Admissions - KEFW Website|url=http://fwgs.kefw.org/Admissions_Faqs.html|website=King Edward VI Five Ways School|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115001533/http://fwgs.kefw.org/Admissions_Faqs.html|archive-date=15 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A pupil has the opportunity to list the Foundation schools that he or she prefers, and depending on the results, may get allocated into one of the schools.

Students can also enter the school at sixth form level, with places awarded based on GCSE grades, requiring at least a 7 in any subject to be taken, 8 in Maths to take Further Maths, and a 6 in English and Maths if they do not already form part of the offer. Places are highly competitive with students applying from all over Birmingham and the surrounding areas. There are approximately 50 external candidates in each year. Pupils studying at the school in the lower years must get an additional four 7s (or five 8s if they wish to take four A-levels). The Sixth Form has approximately 210 students in each L6 and U6.

Let all good people sing,

== Subjects offered ==

Long live the name of Edward,

{{more citations needed section|date=February 2024}}

At [[GCSE]], students are obliged to choose at least one humanities subject between [[History]] and [[Geography]], at least one foreign language (options include [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Latin]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]), and other traditional subjects such as [[Biology]], [[Chemistry]] and [[Physics]] (can be separated into either Combined or Triple/Single Science), [[Maths]], English Language, English Literature and [[Religious Studies]]. Other options include: [[Music]], [[Art]], [[Drama]], Food Preparation and Nutrition, [[Design and Technology]], Physical Education, Computer Science and OSLA (Outdoor Skills Leadership and Adventure) which is a school funded option and does not count as a [[GCSE]] but does provide awards including the Climbing NICAS Award, the BCU Star Awards, Advanced First Aid Qualifications and the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.

Previously, four subjects were picked at AS Level. However, from 2017 students are now expected to choose three subjects to complete at A Level and to complete an [[Extended Project Qualification]]. Options exclusive to A Level studies are: Business, Economics, Government & Politics, Law, Classical Civilisation, Sport Studies, Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy as well as courses from down the school. There is also a Further Maths option, which enables a candidate to take two A Levels, one in Mathematics, one in Further Maths, over the two years. From 2013, the school no longer offers IB courses. Candidates taking four A-levels are not allowed to complete an [[Extended Project Qualification]].

Our Founder and our King.

The [[International Baccalaureate]] took its first cohort of students in 2011. For the first 2-year course a variety of SL and HL subjects have been offered along with TOK (Theory of Knowledge). Subjects World Literature and Mathematics are compulsory but are at SL and HL. One subject from Biology, Chemistry or Physics must be chosen at SL or HL. One subject from History, Geography or Economics must be chosen at SL or HL. One subject from French, Spanish, German (and hopefully in the future Mandarin and Latin) at ab initio [from scratch] level, SL or HL. One more option is fulfilled by a science, humanities or foreign language option or the choice of Visual Arts at SL or HL.<ref name="Subjects Offered">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/1/the_curriculum.htm| title = The Curriculum| access-date = 2007-12-24| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways.|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071217045513/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/1/the_curriculum.htm| archive-date = 17 December 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref> In March 2013 prospective students were informed that the International Baccalaureate will no longer be offered due to lack of interest and applications from internal Year 11 students who wished to stay on the next year, and timetable and staffing constraints.<ref name="Closure of IB">{{cite web|url=http://www.kefw.bham.sch.uk/ke/content/download/3175/13026/version/1/file/KEFW+E-Newsletter+%2815-03-13%29.pdf|title=King Edward VI Five Ways E-Newsletter 15th March 2013|access-date=2013-03-18|publisher=King Edward VI Five Ways.}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The school now offers the [[English Baccalaureate]] (Ebacc) which is a nationwide GCSE achievement.

==International links==

We sing our living champions,

{| border="1" class="wikitable"

!width="380"|School

Who learnt the game of life

!width="120"|City

|-

|Tanzania: Babati Day Secondary School<ref name="Tanzania Link Site">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_tanzania.htm| title = Tanzania Link| access-date = 2007-11-01| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026131742/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_tanzania.htm| archive-date = 26 October 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

|| [[Babati]]

|-

|China: [[English School attached to Guangdong University of Foreign Studies|The English School]]<ref name="China Link Site">{{cite web|url=http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_china.htm |title=China Link |access-date=2007-11-01 |publisher=King Edward VI Five Ways |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321114438/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_china.htm |archive-date=21 March 2008 }}</ref> || [[Guangzhou]]

|-

|Japan: Okazaki High School<ref name="Japan Link Site">{{cite web|url=http://www.kefw.org/international |title=Japan Link |access-date=2018-04-10 |publisher=King Edward VI Five Ways |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410211946/http://www.kefw.org/international |archive-date=10 April 2018 }}</ref> || [[Okazaki, Aichi]]

|-

In growing understanding,

|India: King Edward Public School (Mahilpur)|King Edward Public School<ref name="India Link Site">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_india.htm| title = India Link| access-date = 2007-11-01| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026131337/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_india.htm| archive-date = 26 October 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

|| [[Mahilpur]]

|-

|New Zealand: [[Christchurch Boys' High School]]<ref name="New Zealand Link Site">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_nz.htm| title = New Zealand Link| access-date = 2007-11-01| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026131759/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_nz.htm| archive-date = 26 October 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref> || [[Christchurch]]

|-

|South Africa: Afri-Twin Link<ref name="Africa Link Site">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_africa.htm| title = Africa Link| access-date = 2007-11-01| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071031124316/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_africa.htm| archive-date = 31 October 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref> || [[Cape Town]]

|-

|France: St Just School<ref name="France Link Site">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_france.htm| title = France Link| access-date = 2007-11-01| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071031124054/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_france.htm| archive-date = 31 October 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref> || [[Lyon]]

|-

|USA: [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]] partnership link with group of schools in Chicago<ref name="US Link Site">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_usa.htm| title = US Link| access-date = 2007-11-01| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026131827/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_usa.htm| archive-date = 26 October 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref> || [[Chicago]]

|-

|Iceland: Brekkuskoli School<ref name="Iceland Link Site">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_iceland.html| title = Iceland Link| access-date = 2007-11-01| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071029200941/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/5/international_links_iceland.html| archive-date = 29 October 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref> || [[Akureyri]]

|}

== Five Ways Old Edwardians ==

And hectic sporting strife;

{{see also|Category:People educated at King Edward VI Five Ways}}

{{alumni|date=February 2024}}

Notable alumni include:

* [[Richard Adams (Traidcraft)|Richard Adams]] - Fair Trade pioneer

* [[Mark Aldred]] – Olympic rower<ref name="fwe">{{cite web |title=Five Ways Edwardians Alumni Association |url=https://www.kefw.org/fwe |website=King Edward VI Five Ways School |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>

* [[Arun Arora]] - Anglican priest and former Director of Communications of the [[Church of England]]<ref name="WhosWho">{{cite book |title=Who's Who 2020 |date=2019 |publisher=A & C Black |___location=London |isbn=978 1 4729 4759 8 |edition=172}}</ref>{{rp|71}}

* [[Kate Ashfield]] - actress<ref name="fwe" /><ref name="Kate Ashfield Biography">{{cite web| url =http://www.shaunofthedead.com/crew/kate-ashfield/| title = Kate Ashfield Biography| access-date = 2007-11-06| publisher = Shaun of the Dead Fansite.}}</ref>

* Prof [[Michael Beesley]] CBE, Professor of Economics 1965–90 at the [[London Business School]]

* [[Peter Bennett, 1st Baron Bennett of Edgbaston]] OBE, Conservative MP for [[Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Edgbaston]] 1940–53, and President of the [[British Productivity Council]] 1955-57

* [[Jon Burgerman]] - artist

* [[Thomas Frederick Butler|Tom Butler]] - Bishop of Southwark<ref name="fwe" />

* Prof Sir [[David Cannadine]] - historian<ref name="fwe" /><ref name="WhosWho" />{{rp|394}}

* Sir [[Michael Checkland]] - Director General of the BBC 1987-92, Chairman of the [[Higher Education Funding Council for England]] (HEFCE) 1997-2001<ref name="fwe" /><ref name="WhosWho" />{{rp|442}}

* [[Jodie Cook]], entrepreneur

* [[John Copley (producer)|John Copley]], opera director<ref name="WhosWho" />{{rp|526}}

* Sir [[Guy Dain]], Chairman of the [[British Medical Association]] (BMA) 1942-48

* [[Nigel Dakin]] - CMG, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, career Diplomat and soldier.

* [[Nathaniel Dass]] - Actor, singer and musician.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathaniel Dass |url=https://www.backstage.com/u/natalie-dass/ |website=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]] |access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref>

* [[Oscar Deutsch]] - founder of [[Odeon Cinemas]]<ref name="fwe" />

* [[Keith Fielding]] - international Rugby Union and Rugby League player<ref name="fwe" /><ref name="RFU President visiting Birmingham">{{cite web| url = http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.News_Detail/StoryID/14913| title = RFW President visiting Birmingham| access-date = 2007-11-06| publisher = [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]].|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061021032137/http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.News_Detail/StoryID/14913| archive-date = 21 October 2006| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

* [[Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin]] CBE, Chief Executive of Reading Borough Council 1988–91, former husband of [[Elizabeth Filkin]]<ref name="WhosWho" />{{rp|808}}

* [[Daniel Fox (field hockey)|Daniel Fox]] - Olympic field hockey player<ref name="fwe" />

* [[Anisa Haghdadi]] - [[Social entrepreneurship|social entrepreneur]] {{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

* [[Charles Hare (tennis)|Charles Hare]] - [[tennis]] player - represented [[Great Britain Davis Cup team|Great Britain]] in the [[1937 Davis Cup]]

* [[Martha Howe-Douglas]] - actress

* [[Geoffrey Jones (academic)|Geoffrey Jones]] - Professor at the [[Harvard Business School]] and business historian

* [[John Patrick Kenneally|John Kenneally V.C.]] (born Leslie Robinson)<ref name="fwe" />

* Prof [[Michael Laughton]], Professor of Electrical Engineering at [[Queen Mary, University of London]] 1977–2000<ref name="WhosWho" />{{rp|1415}}

* [[Joe Lycett]] - comedian<ref name="fwe" />

* Prof [[Raymond Lyttleton]] FRS, Professor of Theoretical Astronomy at the [[University of Cambridge]] 1969–78, presenter in 1956 of the BBC's ''The Modern Universe'' (a precursor to ''[[The Sky at Night]]'')

* [[Mazher Mahmood]] - The "Fake Sheikh" journalist

* [[David Maloney]] - former BBC television director and producer

* [[Simon Morgan]] - former [[Leicester City F.C.]] and [[Fulham F.C.]] footballer<ref name="Knowledge Unlimited">{{cite news| url =https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/sep/13/newsstory.sport4| title = Knowledge Unlimited| access-date = 2009-03-01| date = 2000-09-13| publisher = The Guardian. | ___location=London | first=Sean | last=Ingle}}</ref>

* [[David Parsons (cricket coach)|David Parsons]] - England cricket coach<ref name="fwe" />

* [[Tom Parsons (athlete)|Tom Parsons]] - international sportsman<ref name="fwe" /><ref name="Australia Bound for Former Five Ways Athlete!">{{cite web| url = http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/2/news_archive/120905_australian_athlete.htm| title = Australia Bound for Former Five Ways Athlete!| access-date = 2007-11-06| date = 2005-09-12| publisher = King Edward VI Five Ways.|url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.today/20070630015910/http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/sections/2/news_archive/120905_australian_athlete.htm| archive-date = 30 June 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Olympic hopeful Tom Parsons insists on his Villa lucky charms">{{cite web| url =http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/08/01/olympic-hopeful-tom-parsons-insists-on-his-villa-lucky-charms-97319-21447360/| title = Olympic hopeful Tom Parsons insists on his Villa lucky charms| access-date = 2008-08-19| date = 2008-08-01 | publisher = Birmingham Mail.}}</ref>

* [[Rahul Potluri]] - doctor, researcher, scientist and Founder of ACALM

* [[Paul Ready]] - actor<ref name="fwe" />

* [[Alex Smith (The Simplest Universal Computer Proof contest winner)|Alex Smith]] - won "The Wolfram 2,3 [[Turing Machine]] Research Prize"<ref name="Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Is Universal!">{{cite web| url =http://www.wolframscience.com/prizes/tm23/solution_news.html| title = Wolfram Science| access-date = 2007-10-25| date = 2007-10-24| publisher = Wolfram Science.}}</ref><ref name="Alex Smith Biography">{{cite web| url =http://www.wolframscience.com/prizes/tm23/alex_smith_bio.html| title = Wolfram Science| access-date = 2007-10-25| date = 2007-10-25| publisher = Wolfram Science.}}</ref>

* [[Frederick Stratton]] FRS OBE, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge 1928–47, President of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] 1933-35, Director of the [[Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge|Solar Physics Observatory]] 1928-47

* [[Ini-Abasi Umotong]], footballer

* [[Ben Wright (journalist)|Ben Wright]] - BBC political correspondent<ref name="fwe" />

==References and notes==

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==External links==

In danger ever cool,

*[http://www.kefw.org School Official site]

{{Schools in Birmingham}}

They win throughout the world, now,

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Fresh laurels for our School.

Long live the good old School then,

Let all good people sing,

Long live the name of Edward,

Our Founder and our King.

We may sing our great departed,

Whom none may disallow,

Strong souls whose tasks are ended,

Sweet voices silent now;

Their memories lead us forward

To still uphold the fight,

To strike at wrong and falsehood,

And guard the truth and right.

Long live the good old School then,

Let all good people sing,

Long live the name of Edward,

Our Founder and our King.

Old Time is on our track, now

And seas may soon divide

The voices now united,

The friends now side by side;

But whereso'er we carry

The pride of Edward's name,

Let each forget themselves, then,

And play to win the game.

Long live the good old School then,

Let all good people sing,

Long live the name of Edward,

Our Founder and our King.</i>

==Facilities==

The school has extensive grounds and facilities. Situated on a large 30 acre site, there are many outdoor sports pitches for a variety of sports including (amongst others) [[Rugby]], [[Cricket]], [[Hockey]], [[Rounders]], [[Football]] though we don't have a boys team for some reason, [[Athletics]] and [[Netball]]. Almost all indoor sports are catered for, including [[Swimming]] and the Tyn-Y-Waen Climbing Wall – which was opened by climber [[Ben Moon]] in June 2005. The school has buildings, known as “blocks” for subject groups, and a separate humanities building (which currently also houses the 6th form centre, and room E1). There are a number of dedicated computer rooms, a staffed library, a Connexions career room, and most classrooms are now equipped with internet access and Smart Boards. The reception boasts a fine collection of clocks telling the time in many time zones.

A recent acquisition by the school has been a mobile fieldwork unit for use by the Humanities Departments.

==Future==

The future of Five Ways looks strong, with a new 6th Form Centre Building planned for completion at some point in the future.

The school has recently set in motion plans to issue pupils with identity cards. These cards will be used for mutiple purposes, including registration, security and student eating habits.

Similar schemes in other schools in Britain have been used for the monitoring of fresh fruit intake, sparking some mixed feelings amongst parents about the 'big brother' style monitoring of their children.

==International Links==

*Babati Day Secondary School, '''''Tanzania, East Africa'''''

*The English School, '''''Guangzhou, China'''''

*King Edward Public School - '''''Mahilpur, India'''''

*Christchurch Boy’s High School, '''''South Island of New Zealand'''''

*Afri-Twin Link, '''''South Africa'''''

*St Just School, '''''Lyon, France'''''

*EDGE partnership link with group of schools in '''''Chicago, USA'''''

The school has enjoyed its many international links worldwide, which have brought a wide range of opportunities, development, exchanges and experiences - social, charitable, curricular and developmental – to its pupils and staff.

==The Babati Link Group==

The [[Babati Link Group]] formed from within the school in 2003 exists to promote friendship and share educational resources with our [[Tanzania|Tanzanian]] friends at Babati Day School in the rurally remote town of [[Babati]], [[Manyara]].

==See also==

*[[Babati Link Group]]

==External links==

*[http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk School Official site]

*[http://www.kingedwardthesixth.org Schools of King Edward VI (Admissions)]

*[http://www.babatilink.org.uk Babati Link Group website]

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