King Edward VI Five Ways (KEFW) is a selective co-educational state grammar school for ages 11–18 in Bartley Green, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

The school is unique amongst the King Edward VI Foundation, being the only fully co-educational one.

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.

On 23 April 1958 the school opened at its current home in Bartley Green, a suburb on the extreme south-west of Birmingham.

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.

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.

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

Girls have been admitted to Five Ways since 1988, first in the Sixth Form, then in the main school ten years later.

[19] Dr Simon N Bird, former Handsworth Grammar School headmaster, took leadership in early 2024.

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).

At GCSE, students are obliged to choose at least one humanities subject between History and Geography, at least one foreign language (options include French, German, Latin and 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.

For the first 2-year course a variety of SL and HL subjects have been offered along with TOK (Theory of Knowledge).

One subject from French, Spanish, German (and hopefully in the future Mandarin and Latin) at ab initio [from scratch] level, SL or HL.

[21] 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.