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The Queen Elizabeth Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Witherley Road, Atherstone CV9 1LZ · tqea.attrust.org.uk · 01827 712477
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Warwickshire 48, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 746
- 86 over 660 places · 113%
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.4%
- First language not English
- 5.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 148 families put the school first and 153 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 | 153 | 148 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 160 | 164 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 160 | 184 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 159 | 180 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 150 | 193 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.9, and 43.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Warwickshire it was 48, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ●43.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲49.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.86 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 13 | +8.1 |
| Sixth form college | 22.5 | −3.7 |
| Further education | 44.9 | +2.3 |
| Other education | 0.7 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.2 | −2.7 |
| Employment | 2.2 | −4.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.1 | −0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | +1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 June 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for The Queen Elizabeth Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Jun 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 60
- 9% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (18%) with SEND