Queensbury Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 1 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Unique reference
138571
Address
Langdale Road, LU6 3BU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1195 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
16.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.1%
Persistent absence
31.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.4%
Other White 12.8%
Mixed 8.5%
Indian 2.8%
African 2.6%
Other Asian 2%
Caribbean 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44
Local authority average 44.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award56
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE101
English LanguageGCSE204
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Queensbury Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
7
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
6
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
3
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
6
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
223
117
106
Year 8
210
108
102
Year 9
204
105
99
Year 10
197
97
100
Year 11
209
106
103
Year 12
72
36
36
Year 13
80
35
45
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.5%
85.6%
Further education
45.0%
35.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
40.0%
48.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
68.0%
61.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
20.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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