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

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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE38
BiologyGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE79
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
Design & TechnologyGCSE46
English LanguageGCSE126
English LiteratureGCSE125
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE35
FrenchGCSE36
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen Elizabeth School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
253
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
269
2nd preference
156
3rd preference
82
From another Local Authority
326
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
250
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
142
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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