Queen Elizabeth's Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
144486
Address
Chesterfield Road South, NG19 7AP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
860 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
21.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.9%
Persistent absence
34.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.3%
Other White 10.1%
Other 5.6%
Unclassified 3.7%
Mixed 3.6%
African 3.6%
Indian 1%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.93
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 15%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.4
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.71
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award12
Music Studies (General)Technical Award25
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Health StudiesTechnical Award9
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Queen Elizabeth's Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
143
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes26
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
204
97
107
Year 8
207
106
101
Year 9
172
90
82
Year 10
121
60
61
Year 11
149
70
79
Year 12
4
1
3
Year 13
3
2
1
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
64.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
7.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
22.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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