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Heart of Mercia

King Edward VI College Stourbridge is one of 5 schools run by Heart of Mercia.

Type of school: Academy 16-19 converter
Ages: 16 to 19

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Schools in the trust

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School	Phase	Local authority	Pupils	Governors on Governance Register	Latest Ofsted in our data (as at 30 Sep 2026)
Hereford Sixth Form College	16 plus	Herefordshire, County of	-	12	not inspected / no record
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy	Secondary	Herefordshire, County of	1,274	9	Key judgements 2024Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good; safeguarding effective
King Edward VI College Stourbridge (this school)	16 plus	Dudley	-	13	not inspected / no record
The Chantry School	Secondary	Worcestershire	881	15	Good 2023
Worcester Sixth Form College	16 plus	Worcestershire	-	15	not inspected / no record
5 schools			2,155

Schools linked to the trust in the Governance Register school data (Get Information about Schools, extract of 24 Oct 2026). Pupils are on-roll counts from the register. Ofsted: latest inspection in the Ofsted management information (as at 30 September 2026); "No overall grade" means inspected since September 2024 without a one-word grade; what the inspection found is shown beneath, and the school's Ofsted card has the full table.

What this means

Funding: An academy is funded directly by the Department for Education, through its trust, rather than through the local council.
Admissions: The trust is the admissions authority and sets the admissions policy. Applications are usually still coordinated by the local council.
Governance: The trust board is legally accountable for the school. It often delegates some oversight to a local governing body.

General explanation of how academy trusts work in England, not a statement about this trust. See GOV.UK Academy trust governance guide.