Queens' School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Aldenham Road
Bushey
Hertfordshire
WD23 2TY
Phone 01923224465
Reference Number 136877

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1682
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.43%
Girls: 48.57%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 18%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 134 136 270
8 156 114 270
9 131 138 269
10 126 143 269
11 152 116 268
12 74 79 153
13 92 91 183

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 39.9%
Indian 12.1%
White, Other 11.3%
Asian, Other 7.6%
Pakistani 5.4%
African 4.8%
White & Asian 3.4%
Mixed, Other 3.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.1%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
Unclassified 1.4%
Caribbean 1.2%
Chinese 1.1%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2019-10-17
Date Description Report
2019-09-17 School inspection School inspection
2015-12-15 Short inspection Short inspection
2012-04-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Queens' School
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2009-03-10 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-09-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-09-24 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2009-03-10 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-09-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-09-24 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
53.5 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 62.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 77.1% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 35.99 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 36.67 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 17.7% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 378 59
Third Preference 329 34
From another Local Authority 199 30

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Longwood School
Bushey Hall Drive, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 2QG
0.37 miles
Highwood Primary School
Mead Way, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 2AW
0.56 miles
Gurukula - The Hare Krishna Primary School
Hartspring Cottage, Elton Way, Watford, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, WD25 8HB
0.61 miles
Bournehall Primary School
Bournehall Avenue, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 3AX
0.7 miles
Bushey Manor Junior School
Grange Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 2QL
0.84 miles
Bushey and Oxhey Infant School
Aldenham Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 2QH
0.9 miles
Little Reddings Primary School
Harcourt Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 3PR
0.96 miles
Central Primary School
Derby Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 2LX
0.99 miles
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Merry Hill Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 1SU
1 miles
Meadow Wood School
Coldharbour Lane, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 4NN
1.06 miles
Knutsford Primary Academy
Balmoral Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 7ER
1.17 miles
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School
32 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JJ
1.18 miles
St Hilda's School
High Street, Bushey, WD23 3DA
1.23 miles
Field Junior School
Watford Field Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0AZ
1.24 miles
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)
Neal Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0WF
1.24 miles
Ashfield Junior School
School Lane, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 1SR
1.41 miles
Bromet Primary School
Oxhey Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 4SG
1.42 miles
Chater Junior School
Addiscombe Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0WN
1.49 miles
Merry Hill Infant School and Nursery
School Lane, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 1ST
1.53 miles
Parkgate Junior School
Southwold Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 7DN
1.55 miles
Name Distance
The Purcell School
0.15 miles
Falconer School
Falconer Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 3AT
0.8 miles
The Grange Academy
London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA
0.84 miles
Bushey Meads School
Coldharbour Lane, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 4PA
1.09 miles
Watford Grammar School for Girls
Lady's Close, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0AE
1.3 miles
St Margaret's School
Merry Hill Road, Bushey, WD23 1DT
1.42 miles
West Herts College
Watford Campus, Hempstead Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 3EZ
1.65 miles
The Aldenham Foundation
Elstree, Elstree, WD6 3AJ
1.79 miles
Immanuel College
87-91 Elstree Road, Bushey, WD23 4EB
1.91 miles
Watford Grammar School for Boys
Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 7JF
1.96 miles
Westfield Academy
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 6NS
2.17 miles
Stanborough Secondary School
Stanborough Park, Watford, WD25 9JT
2.23 miles
Haberdashers' Boys' School
2.39 miles
Haberdashers' Girls' School
Aldenham Road, Borehamwood, WD6 3BT
2.39 miles
Croxley Danes School
Baldwins Lane, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3LR
2.72 miles
Garston Manor School
Horseshoe Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 7HR
2.84 miles
Merchant Taylors' School
Sandy Lodge, Northwood, HA6 2HT
2.87 miles
Future Academies Watford
Horseshoe Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 7HW
2.9 miles
Saint Michael's Catholic High School
High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0SS
2.93 miles
Parmiter's School
High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0UU
3.21 miles
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