Queen Elizabeth High School

Queen Elizabeth High School continues to perform well as a good school. With a strong culture that values pupil well-being, students are happy, feel safe, and display respectful behavior towards peers and staff. The curriculum is intentionally developed to meet students’ needs, and there is a broad array of extracurricular activities that enhance their social development. However, the school has faced challenges that impacted last year's examination results, prompting a closer tracking of current Year 11 students' performance. There are ongoing efforts to support pupils who may be at risk of underachievement, particularly in the context of special educational needs and disabilities, where the school excels in providing tailored support.

Strengths

• Pupils feel valued and well cared for.
• Bullying is rare, and pupils feel safe.
• Teachers have good subject knowledge and often engage students well.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, adapting resources effectively.
• Broad extracurricular activities and a structured careers program.
• Pupils behave well and are respectful towards each other.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teachers' delivery of the curriculum.
• New subject matter is not always presented clearly.
• Feedback on work is not rigorously monitored, impacting pupil improvement.
• Lack of a strategic approach to developing reading across the 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 Elizabeth High School attended 90.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.5% 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, 6.5% of pupils at Queen Elizabeth High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Elizabeth High School had 15.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 21.4% of pupils at Queen Elizabeth High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.8% 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 Elizabeth High School received £8,402 and spent £9,046 for each of its 432 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £53,000 (£123 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Three Counties Academy Trust, income was £8,388 and spending £8,648 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 Bromyard · Herefordshire, County of local authority: places and applications

Queen Elizabeth High School is part of Three Counties Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• St Peter's Primary School Bromyard
• Bredenbury Primary School Bromyard
• Stoke Prior Primary School Leominster
• Lugwardine Primary Academy Hereford

What is Queen Elizabeth High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Queen Elizabeth High School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Queen Elizabeth High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Queen Elizabeth High School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Queen Elizabeth High School have?

Queen Elizabeth High School has 421 pupils on roll.

What age range does Queen Elizabeth High School cover?

Queen Elizabeth High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Queen Elizabeth High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 37.0, and 23% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Queen Elizabeth High School?

Queen Elizabeth High School is at Ashfields, Bromyard, Herefordshire, HR7 4QS.