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Queens' School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Aldenham Road, Bushey WD23 2TY · queens.herts.sch.uk · 01923 224465

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
57.5
average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
Demand for places
1.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,697
100% of 1,701 places
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
10.5%
First language not English
17.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Queens' School (Bushey)

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 436 families put the school first and 259 places were offered; 38% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 369 (Places 264)369September 2023: 289 (Places 260)289September 2024: 380 (Places 264)380September 2025: 410 (Places 251)410September 2026: 436 (Places 259)436Places 259
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262594361.7▲38%
September 2025Sept 20252514101.6▲35%
September 2024Sept 20242643801.4▲38%
September 2023Sept 20232602891.1▲49%
September 2022Sept 20222643691.4▲46%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 57.5, and 67.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hertfordshire it was 50.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (39.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 56.5 (England 46.3)56.52017/18: 57.0 (England 46.5)57.02018/19: 59.0 (England 46.7)59.02021/22: 60.9 (England 48.8)60.92022/23: 55.6 (England 46.3)55.62023/24: 53.5 (England 45.9)53.52024/25: 57.5 (England 46.0)57.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲57.546.0
▲67.8%45.4%
▲83.5%64.8%
▲83.5%40.5%
▲5.414.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form61.3−11.6
Sixth form college1.9+1.1
Further education26.7+6.9
Other education1.1+0.3
Apprenticeship2.3+0.7
Employment1.1−0.1
Not in a lasting destination4.1+1.8
Activity not captured1.5+0.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 33.4 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 32.6 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 30.8 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 34.3 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 38.4 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 36.1 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 36.5 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 39.9 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
148 studentsB (39.9)Above average +0.32
148 studentsB (39.4)Above average +0.25
20 studentsDist+ (37.2)Above average +0.54
29.5%AAB or better
99.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24183B- (36.5)+0.08
2022/23163B- (36.1)—
2021/22169B (38.4)—
2018/19166C+ (34.3)+0.10
2017/18164C (30.8)-0.12
2016/17181C+ (32.6)+0.01
2015/16201C+ (33.4)+0.19

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University71.7−2.4
Further and other education2.8+1.6
Further education1.6—
Other education1.1—
Apprenticeship3.3−1.4
Employment14.7+2.9
Not in a lasting destination5.4+0.1
Activity not captured2.2−0.7

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Queens' School on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
18 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Sept 2006Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (250 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
92%
Replies
250
15% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲92% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲91% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●82% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲84% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲83% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 72% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲64% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 28% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲70% agreeEngland 67%

based on 48 parents (19%) with SEND

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