Queen Elizabeth's School

Secondary · state · Church of England · ages 13–18 · 1,375 pupils · has a sixth form · BH21 4DT · INITIO LEARNING TRUST

Requires improvementOfstedInspected Oct 2023

6.5%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

14.8%A levels AAB or betterEngland median 12.4%

43.3Attainment 8England median 45.8

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17.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 96.5% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above15.9% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)43.3 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths37.5% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths65.8% (typical 65.8%)

368 pupils at the end of Year 11.

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A14.3% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B38.1% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better14.8% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry31.05 (typical 32.5)

187 A-level students; average grade C, best three A levels averaging C. Progress: below average (value added -0.25).

How hard is it to get in?

No applications figures for this school.

Sports facilities on site

Swimming pool (25 m, 4 lanes), sports hall (5 courts), artificial hockey pitch, athletics track, 1 football pitch, 1 rugby pitch, tennis courts, gym, dance or fitness studio, squash.

For the school's own use. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£7,473spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

74%of spending on staff, 56% on teachers

£298krevenue reserve (2.6% of a year's income)

£727ksurplus in the year

Income £11.6m, spending £10.9m (September 2024 to August 2025, 1,452 pupils).

Run by Initio Learning Trust, a trust of 19 academies and 7,222 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £1.5m, 2.7% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; A-level tables: GCE A levels taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
The DfE publishes applications figures for entry to Reception and Year 7 at state schools, and this school isn't in the latest figures (it may take pupils at another age, be new, or have a different school number). The council's admissions team publishes how many applied and the furthest distance offered.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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