Queen Elizabeth School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Oct 12 2022 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Unique reference
- 136357
- Address
- Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2HJ
- Website
- www.qes.org.uk
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1185 (72% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.0%
- Girls
- 50.0%
- First language not English
- 1.8%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 17.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 17.6%
White British 93.8%
Mixed 2.5%
Other White 2.2%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other Asian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.43
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.1
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 48%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 63%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 57.9
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.13
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design | GCSE | 38 |
Biology | GCSE | 79 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 42 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 79 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 36 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 46 |
English Language | GCSE | 126 |
English Literature | GCSE | 125 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 35 |
French | GCSE | 36 |
Admissions
Queen Elizabeth School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 253
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 269
- 2nd preference
- 156
- 3rd preference
- 82
- From another Local Authority
- 326
Offers
- 1st preference
- 250
- 2nd preference
- 3
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 142
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.2 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 258 128 130 |
Year 8 | 261 133 128 |
Year 9 | 253 128 125 |
Year 10 | 121 57 64 |
Year 11 | 106 56 50 |
Year 12 | 82 43 39 |
Year 13 | 104 47 57 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 96.0% n/a 86.5% |
Further education | 12.0% n/a 34.7% |
School sixth form | 83.0% n/a 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 1.0% n/a 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% n/a 0.9% |
Entering employment | 1.0% n/a 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% n/a 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 0.0% n/a 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% n/a 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 80.0% n/a 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 43.0% n/a 19.7% |
Russell Group | 38.0% n/a 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 5.0% n/a 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 1.0% n/a 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 2.0% n/a 1.7% |