King Edward’s School named among UK’s Top 100 Cricket Schools for 2025

Our inclusion in the guide is a result of our strong cricket programme. Cricket remains the major summer sport at KES, with 11 teams from the 1st XI down to U12C level. The school’s facilities include an excellent 1st XI cricket ground at Eastern Road, three junior pitches on the school playing field, a four-lane all-weather net complex, top quality grass nets alongside the 1st XI pitch, plus a three-lane astroturf set of nets. The sports hall also provides four lanes of nets, and these nets are much used throughout the winter, during our extensive winter coaching programme (for all age groups). Our full-time cricket coach works with the boys throughout the year and also makes use of county players for additional coaching. Each year, we host visiting teams from overseas and in recent years our seniors have toured the West Indies and our juniors have regularly toured Dubai.