Queen's Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 8 2020 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
Cheshire West and Chester
Unique reference
143817
Address
Queens Park Road, Handbridge, CH4 7AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
764 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
46.1%
Girls
53.9%
First language not English
16.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.6%
Persistent absence
28.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.4%
Other White 9.6%
Mixed 6.5%
Other Asian 2.9%
African 1.6%
Indian 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.2
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.28
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Ancient HistoryGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE31
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE99
English LiteratureGCSE96
FrenchGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen's Park High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
105
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
99
2nd preference
88
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
2
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 classes19.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
157
82
75
Year 8
136
54
82
Year 9
128
54
74
Year 10
116
64
52
Year 11
120
53
67
Year 12
58
24
34
Year 13
48
20
28
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
30.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
63.0%
36.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
16.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
59.0%
75.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
33.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
27.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
2.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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