Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
136570
Address
Abbey Place, ME13 7BQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1058 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
5%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.6%
Persistent absence
13.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.8%
Mixed 6.3%
Other White 5.3%
African 1.6%
Unclassified 1.5%
Irish 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 87%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 62.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.83
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE148
ChemistryGCSE146
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
EconomicsGCSE62
English LanguageGCSE151
English LiteratureGCSE151
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE21
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
179
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
231
2nd preference
158
3rd preference
110
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
109
76
Year 8
154
79
75
Year 9
156
73
83
Year 10
149
84
65
Year 11
153
63
90
Year 12
132
64
68
Year 13
126
65
61
Year 14
3
3
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
13.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
80.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
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%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
32.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020