Queen Elizabeth Studio School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 2 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
34.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
25.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.5%
Mixed 8.6%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other White 1.8%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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 Award24
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE19
Business Studies:SingleGCSE65
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
Applied EngineeringGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE140
Year 2023-2024

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
70.0%
n/a
85.6%
Further education
39.0%
n/a
35.4%
School sixth form
30.0%
n/a
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
n/a
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
n/a
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
17.0%
n/a
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
n/a
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
n/a
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
58.0%
n/a
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
n/a
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
n/a
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
n/a
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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