You will be encouraged to become involved with a wide range of extra curricular activities. These are designed to widen your experience, develop new skills and to be enjoyable! You may go on a subject related visit, such as the geography field trip or biology field trip or to an art gallery, theatre or a special lecture or conference at university. Opportunities exist within the timetable and outside of the normal school day for all students.

All year 12 students will normally have Wednesday afternoons free of scheduled lessons making it easier to take up and develop extra curricular activities.

We usually have over 20 different exhibitors at our Y12 enrichment fayre in September. With such a big range there is something for everyone. The teamworking and communication skills that you gain through enrichment activities will strengthen your applications for university and employment.

Most years students can experience:

• The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme is very active in School, offering opportunities for around 60 students every year to undertake the Gold Award. In a typical year a number of clubs and societies are active in School including the eco group, debating club and chess club.
• Language courses such as Italian, French, German, Spanish and Mandarin classes are available after school. You may also decide to be entered for a language A level in your home language as part of the HOLA scheme
• Extra curricular music is flourishing in the school and offers considerable opportunities for students to widen their experience. In a typical year, musical activities could include a senior choir, a madrigal group, a first orchestra, a brass band, a jazz band, a string quartet and a barber shop group. Musical groups have been successful in competitions both locally and nationally.
• Drama is strong in the School and in recent years students have undertaken, very successfully, their own dramatic productions as well as being involved in the major School plays of the year. Productions give opportunities for students to be involved as actors, as stage crew and as producers and directors. Several students have had parts in plays at the Crucible and have taken up places in drama and acting Schools around the country once they have left King Edward VII School.
• School sports teams are active in the sixth form and PE staff will encourage you and organise fixtures on your behalf. There are staff timetabled on Wednesday afternoons and sports halls are available on both school sites. At the highest level, students and former students have represented Sheffield, Yorkshire and England. Recently, students have won representative honours in athletics, swimming, tennis, fencing, bouldering and ice skating. Some go skiing in Italy as part of the School ski trip.
• Many students arrange to work as a volunteer. This could be at the Hallamshire Hospital, a care home, Western Park Museum, a local primary school such as Broomhill or Sharrow Primary Schools working with younger students and helping them read. Such experiences can be very rewarding and sometimes life-changing—often they are prerequisites for progression to certain careers. Some students have achieved highly with Physics and Maths Olympiads— representing the UK in international finals. The Cipher Club has a distinguished record at a national level.