The King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham is a charitable institution that operates two independent schools, six selective academy state schools and four non-selective academy schools in Birmingham, England. It was registered under the name The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham as a charity in November 1963. In 2019/20 it had a gross income of approximately £21 million, much of which is derived from extensive land holdings in the centre of Birmingham. The Multi-Academy Trust (King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham) has a further income of approximately £47 million. The beneficiary schools are as follows: Independent King Edward's School, Birmingham (boys) King Edward VI High School for Girls Grammar Academies King Edward VI Aston School (boys) King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls King Edward VI Five Ways School (mixed) King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys King Edward VI Handsworth School (girls) Non-selective Academies King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy History On 28 October 1382, a chantry to say masses for the dead was established in New Street, Birmingham. As part of the religious settlement of King Henry VIII laws were enacted suppressing all monasteries and chantries. In the case of chantries, little had occurred since the 1545 Act and when King Edward VI came to the throne in 1547, new legislation to close chantries was soon enacted. Part of the process of suppressing chantries involved holding an inquiry into their property and assets. The New Street chantry was abolished in common with thousands of others, although the people of Birmingham were told that the assets would not be seized by the Crown but made available for educational purposes. When the assets still had not been returned to the town, a meeting was held in St Martin's Church, the Bull Ring, Birmingham, to petition the Crown to build a school in New Street on the land formerly occupied by the chantry. This was approved and the following year, King Edward VI School was opened. Owning land in the very centre of Birmingham gave it a secure financial base. In 1883, five new King Edward schools were created to meet the educational needs of the expanding population of the city of Birmingham. Due to financial difficulties, many of the