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Queen Elizabeth High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Ashfields, Bromyard HR7 4QS · qehs.co · 01885 482230
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Herefordshire, County of 44.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 421
- 6 over 415 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- First language not English
- 8.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 78 families put the school first and 84 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 84 | 78 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 74 | 74 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 107 | 103 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 80 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 85 | 85 | 1 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.7, and 40.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Herefordshire, County of it was 44.7, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼40.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼32.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.40 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 30.6 | −5.9 |
| Further education | 48.6 | +6.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.8 | +0.4 |
| Employment | 4.2 | −4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.9 | +1 |
| Activity not captured | 6.9 | +4.5 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 January 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Queen Elizabeth High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 10 Jan 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 61
- 16% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (26%) with SEND