Start Your Adventure
“In the Senior School and Sixth Form, we both build on the KES journey so far and also welcome many new pupils into our vibrant community.”
Opportunity, engagement and aspiration remain key watchwords at the heart of an exceptional all-round education that encourages pupils to follow their passions and gives them the confidence to find their voice and to make a difference.
We are both proud of the academic excellence and success for which KES is renowned and also keen to celebrate our pupils’ efforts and achievements in many different fields. We place great value on the traditional virtues of doing your best, making the most of the incredible opportunities on offer and aiming high, whilst also keeping your feet on the ground and supporting others.
We hope that our pupils will flourish on all fronts, fulfil their potential in and out of the classroom and leave the school happy, successful and ready to thrive in the world beyond King Edward’s.
Martin J Boden
Headmaster
“Our Junior School enables pupils to thrive in the moment whilst preparing them for the future.”
Day to day life provides a breadth of opportunities that challenge, excite, engage and inspire through high quality specialist teaching, outstanding facilities and individualised and supportive pastoral care. Pupils are encouraged to develop their independence and to set high standards for themselves whilst embracing innovation, creativity and curiosity. Our Junior School is about so much more than what you can record on a spreadsheet or in a prospectus; it is about an experience that sets children up as confident learners and well-rounded and compassionate young people and which leaves them with wonderful memories to last a lifetime.
Sean Price
Head of the Junior School
“The irresistible learning adventure at KES begins in our Pre-Prep and Nursery.
Every child is treasured and cared for in our nurturing environment. We follow the children’s interests, exploring, extending and challenging each pupil. Our wonderful enabling environment, curriculum and staff encourage our children to be curious learners with a resilience and perseverance to solve problems. By the time the pupils leave us they have a genuine love for learning and an independence to flourish at the Junior School.
Jayne Gilbert
Head of the Pre-Prep & Nursery
Supporting our World
We are mindful of our impact on the world, with our KES Sustainability strategy at the heart of everything we do, from the food we eat and the new facilities we build, to the energy we consume and the learning embedded in our curriculum.
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Science Week at KES
Science Week at the Senior School saw a range of events to inspire our future Scientists. Find out more.
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KES U18 Rugby 7s Team Win the Vase at the Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens Tournament
Last week, King Edward's School stunned the world of school rugby by winning the Rosslyn Park Under 18 Vase: the biggest national sevens tournament going and the pinnacle of the sport. It capped a year where the same team were ranked in the top twenty schools in the Daily Mail Rugby Trophy.
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New Good Schools Guide Review of KES
Just before Christmas the Good Schools Guide (GSG), renowned for their fearlessly frank and unrivalled reviews of more than 1,400 state and independent schools, visited King Edward’s to undertake a new review of the School.
As well as praising King Edward’s ‘top level teaching’ and “great creative and extra-curricular opportunities’, the visiting reviewer found that KES is “proud to remain academically pacy but equally proud that it’s also an enriching and nurturing school in which pupils thrive.”
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Year 12 Careers Mentoring Evening at KES
The inaugural Year 12 Careers Mentoring Event proved to be a memorable evening of insight and inspiration for our Sixth Form students, and Holbeche was buzzing with a sense of professional possibilities and pathways.
More than 40 professionals from a wide range of industries visited the school to share their experiences, top tips and pathways with pupils in intimate pods of conversation. Each Year 12 student was given a tailored programme for the evening, consisting of five bespoke 20-minute sessions that best matched their current passions and future aspirations, making connections and being inspired. -
2024 Sports Pathway News
Many congratulations to the following KES pupils who through the course of this term have played, or been newly selected for national, academy and regional performance pathways in the various major sports played at KES.
These include two selections to the U16 England Hockey Squads, 15 players within the Bath Rugby, Bristol Bears and County pathways, 12 netballers selected to represent at national level (U17 Wales) through to the Team Bath and Avon County pathways, and 10 cricketers playing at Wiltshire and Somerset County level as well as representing Somerset and Glamorgan EPP programmes.
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Parent Power 2025
King Edward’s School, Bath has been recognised as the top performing co-educational independent school in the South West for the third year running in the new Sunday Times Parent Power Guide, published on 6 December 2024.
Widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s highest-achieving secondary schools, The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide ranks schools according to their combined 2024 GCSE and A Level results.
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Two KES musicians perform in the bath young musician of the year
We wish Indira and Edward the very best of luck as they perform in Bath Young Musician of the Year 2024
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Learning for Life at KES
In a world where our pupils are increasingly being drawn towards polarised perspectives on social media, our Learning for Life programme, where pupils can discuss 'the grey', and develop well-informed opinions in a safe environment, is more relevant than ever.
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KES Bath 2024 University Destinations
As many universities start back this weekend our recent leavers and gap year students are heading to some of the UK’s leading universities, with over 90% securing places at their first choice Higher Education institution. Over 50% of students are taking up places at the UK’s top 20 universities* with 70% heading to Russell Group universities.
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KES Team in Final of Science in Medicine Prize
KES Team in the Final of the Imperial College London's Science in Medicine Prize.
AUTUMN OPEN EVENTS
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