King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys

This article is about the Boys school. For the girls school on the same campus, see King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls.

King Edward VI
Camp Hill School for Boys
Address
Map
Vicarage Road

Kings Heath, Birmingham
,
West Midlands
,
B14 7QJ

England
Coordinates52°25′47″N 1°54′10″W / 52.42964°N 1.90289°W / 52.42964; -1.90289
Information
TypeGrammar school;
Academy
MottoLatin: Spartam nactus es, hanc exorna
Established1883 (1883)[1]
FounderKing Edward VI Foundation[1]
Department for Education URN137045 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of Governors (Foundation)B. Matthews
HeadteacherRussell Bowen
GenderBoys
Age11 to 18
Enrolment900+
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day7
HousesTudor (green), Howard (blue), Seymour (yellow), and Beaufort (red)
Websitehttp://www.camphillboys.bham.sch.uk/

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, also known as Camp Hill Boys, is a highly selective grammar school in Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is one of the most academically successful schools in the United Kingdom,[2] currently ranked thirteenth among state schools. The name is retained from the previous location at Camp Hill in central Birmingham. The school moved to Vicarage Road in the suburb of Kings Heath in 1956, sharing a campus with its sister school (King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls), also formerly located in Camp Hill. Since September 2021 the current headmaster is Russell Bowen (a former Deputy Headteacher at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School). [3] It is a school which specialises in Science, Mathematics, and Applied Learning. In 2006, the school was assessed by The Sunday Times as state school of the year.[4] A Year 9 student was the 2011 winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Page[5] and the Gold Award in the British Physics Olympiad was won by a King Edward VI Camp Hill student in September 2011. Camp Hill has also sent a boy to the International Chemistry Olympiad for 4 consecutive seasons (2019, 2018, 2017, 2018[6] 2016[7]). In the 2019 Chemistry Olympiad, Camp Hill received the second most gold certificates, coming second to St Paul's School, London.[8]

Ofsted inspections classify Camp Hill as an Outstanding Provider.[9]

  1. ^ a b "The Schools of the King Edward the Sixth Foundation in Birmingham". King Edward VI Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Schools League Table, 2022-23" – via www.thetimes.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "FOND FAREWELLS". issuu. 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  4. ^ O'Reilly, Judith (19 November 2006). "The Sunday Times State Secondary School of the Year 2006". The Times. London.
  5. ^ The Guardian, Saturday 12 November, Reviews: Stanton, Andy Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout,
  6. ^ "The Chronicle 2017" (PDF). The Chronicle. King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys. December 2017. p. 38. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ^ "The Chronicle 2016" (PDF). The Chronicle. King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys. November 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ^ "News". King Edward VI Camp Hill School For Boys. 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Outstanding Providers". Ofsted. 2014.