Queen Elizabeth Studio School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 1 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Unique reference
143749
Address
Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2HJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
337 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
0.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.2%
Persistent absence
28.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
25.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.5%
Mixed 8.6%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other White 1.8%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.1
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.99
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award17
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE9
Design & TechnologyGCSE55
English LanguageGCSE137
English LiteratureGCSE134
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes9.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
130
74
56
Year 11
140
71
69
Year 12
35
11
24
Year 13
32
12
20
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
41.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
15.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
n/a
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
60.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
6.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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