Queen Mary's Grammar School

Queen Mary's Grammar School has achieved an overall outstanding rating in its first inspection under section 5 of the Education Act 2005. The school demonstrates exceptional performance in various domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth form provision. Students exhibit high enthusiasm for their learning, feel safe, and receive robust support, particularly those with specific barriers like SEND and disadvantaged backgrounds. The school effectively addresses trust-wide priorities, contributing positively to social justice and mobility.

Strengths

• Exceptional standards of academic achievement for all pupils.
• Strong progress for pupils, including those with specific needs.
• Highly ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Teachers are knowledgeable and maintain high expectations.
• Outstanding enrichment opportunities and extracurricular activities.
• Exemplary behaviour and attitudes of pupils in school.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Queen Mary's Grammar School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 10.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.7% of pupils at Queen Mary's Grammar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Queen Mary's Grammar School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 3.6% of pupils at Queen Mary's Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Queen Mary's Grammar School received £7,761 and spent £7,518 for each of its 1,377 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,006,000 (£731 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Mercian Trust, income was £8,095 and spending £8,003 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Walsall · Walsall local authority: places and applications

Queen Mary's Grammar School is part of The Mercian Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Walsall Studio School Walsall
• Queen Mary's High School Walsall
• Q3 Academy Great Barr Birmingham
• Aldridge School - A Science College Walsall
• Rushall Primary School Walsall
• Oakwood School Walsall
• Shire Oak Academy Walsall
• Q3 Academy Tipton Tipton
• Q3 Academy Langley Oldbury

What is Queen Mary's Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Queen Mary's Grammar School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Queen Mary's Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Queen Mary's Grammar School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Queen Mary's Grammar School have?

Queen Mary's Grammar School has 1,399 pupils on roll.

What age range does Queen Mary's Grammar School cover?

Queen Mary's Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Queen Mary's Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 72.6, and 94% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Queen Mary's Grammar School?

Queen Mary's Grammar School is at Sutton Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2PG.