Aliyah in the Upper Fifth has been shortlisted for Birmingham’s Young Poet Laureate award. After submitting two of her poems for consideration, she has now been invited to an interview at the Library of Birmingham, where she will perform an additional poem of her own, as well as one that she admires.
Looking back over 2025, one of the resounding memories for some KEHS pupils was being part of the school’s first trip to Ibiza… Ibiza? Some
The company also gave it their all to make it the spectacular performance it was written to be, bringing the workhouse, Fagin’s den and the streets of Victorian London to life.
King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham (KEHS) has been named West Midlands Independent Secondary School of the Year for Academic Excellence for the fifth year in a row and is once again the highest-ranking independent school outside London and the South East, with a national ranking of 11th.
King Edward VI High School for Girls (KEHS) has been named one of the UK’s Top 20 cricket schools by The Cricketer magazine in its 2026 Schools Guide.
