Queen Elizabeth's

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 18 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
136646
Address
Western Road, EX17 3LU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1205 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
18%
Persistent absence
26.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.4%
Other White 5.1%
Mixed 3%
Unclassified 2.4%
Other 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.8
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.52
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE75
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE63
DanceGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE248
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen Elizabeth's

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
194
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
164
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
164
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
105
102
Year 8
242
104
138
Year 9
219
123
96
Year 10
200
108
92
Year 11
196
104
92
Year 12
72
30
42
Year 13
69
42
27
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
57.0%
57.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
26.0%
24.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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
70.0%
54.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
17.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
30.0%
18.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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