Queen Mary's Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
Walsall
Unique reference
136773
Address
Sutton Road, WS1 2PG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1344 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
89.0%
Girls
11.0%
First language not English
30.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
17%
Persistent absence
9.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 38.5%
Pakistani 17.8%
White British 10.2%
African 7.3%
Mixed 6.1%
Bangladeshi 6.1%
Other Asian 4.8%
Chinese 2.8%
Other White 1.8%
Other 1.7%
Caribbean 1.4%
Other Black 1%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 74%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 74.3
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.04
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)53
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE9
BiologyGCSE141
Business Studies:SingleGCSE68
ChemistryGCSE140
ChineseGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE148
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen Mary's Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
166
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
357
2nd preference
244
3rd preference
110
From another Local Authority
572
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
130
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
90
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
180
0
Year 8
181
181
0
Year 9
181
181
0
Year 10
180
180
0
Year 11
150
150
0
Year 12
241
165
76
Year 13
231
159
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
3.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
93.0%
46.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
7.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.3%
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
91.0%
65.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
52.0%
15.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
51.0%
14.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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