Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address West Park Road
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 6DF
Phone 01254686300
Reference Number 141165

General Makeup

Number of pupils 874
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.63%
Girls: 47.37%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 13.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 16.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 86 54 140
8 74 69 143
9 73 67 140
10 81 61 142
11 72 69 141
12 38 48 86
13 36 46 82

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 50.7%
Indian 16.1%
White, British 12.8%
Mixed, Other 10.3%
Asian, Other 2.7%
White, Other 1.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
White & Asian 0.1%
African 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2019-10-09
Date Description Report
2019-09-25 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-05-17 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)
46.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 44.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 60.7% 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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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 27.13 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 27 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C- C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 11.1% Unlock Unlock

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 64 12
Third Preference 72 3
From another Local Authority 6 4

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 235 36
Third Preference 185 5
From another Local Authority 71 35

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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
Queen Elizabeth's Primary School
West Park Road, QEGS West Park Rd, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6DF
0 miles
Dar Ul Madinah
Granville Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6HD
0.24 miles
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Lynwood Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6HQ
0.3 miles
St Silas's CofE Primary School
St Silas Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6JP
0.36 miles
Ashworth Nursery School
Addison Close, Blackburn, BB2 1QU
0.42 miles
St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Oakenhurst Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1SN
0.43 miles
St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn
Earl Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 8EG
0.54 miles
St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Feilden Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1LQ
0.55 miles
Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy
Manor Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6LX
0.61 miles
St Michael With St John CofE Primary School
Swallow Drive, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 6LE
0.65 miles
The Olive School, Blackburn
Meins Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6QQ
0.78 miles
Brookhouse Primary School
Troy Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 6NY
0.85 miles
Lammack Primary School
Lammack Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 8LH
0.87 miles
St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Trinity Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 5BN
0.91 miles
Griffin Park Primary School
Cavendish Place, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 2PN
0.92 miles
St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School
Hancock Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 2LZ
0.95 miles
Cedars Primary School
St. James's Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 8HQ
0.98 miles
Brunel Nursery School
Cambridge Street, Blackburn, BB1 1ES
1.07 miles
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Withers Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1DF
1.09 miles
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn
Hawkins Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 2RY
1.23 miles
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Blackburn College
Blackburn College, Harrison Centre, Feilden Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1LH
0.45 miles
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Preston New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 7AD
0.7 miles
St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
Duckworth Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 2JR
0.75 miles
Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School
Sumner Street, Blackburn, BB2 2LD
0.82 miles
Witton Park Academy
Buncer Lane, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6TD
0.99 miles
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Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 8QA
1.05 miles
Islamiyah School
Willow Street, Little Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 5NQ
1.29 miles
Al Islah Girls' High School
108 Audley Range, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1TF
1.3 miles
Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School
30 Moss Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 5JT
1.33 miles
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32 Moss Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 5JT
1.38 miles
Westholme School
Wilmar Lodge, Blackburn, BB2 6QU
1.44 miles
Blackburn Central High School
Haslingden Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 3HJ
1.47 miles
Markazul Uloom
Park Lee Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 3NY
1.49 miles
Noorul Uloom
Park Lee Rd, Blackburn, BB2 3NY
1.49 miles
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
North Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1PY
1.93 miles
Newfield School
Old Bank Lane, Off Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2PW
2.01 miles
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Green Lane, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 4SR
2.01 miles
Eden School
Heys Lane, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 4NW
2.15 miles
Darwen Vale High School
Blackburn Road, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 0AL
2.86 miles
The Hyndburn Academy
Stourton Street, Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 4ED
3.36 miles
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