Queen Elizabeth High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Bromyard, Herefordshire, County of·HR7 4QS
Composite score
49.6
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#2,553
National rank
#295
In West Midlands
#12
In Herefordshire, County of
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
61%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
3.40

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
78 first choices, 84 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
120
any preference, for 84 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.8820230.9620241.0020250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Queen Elizabeth High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
432
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
32.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,039
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
53 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
9%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

Queen Elizabeth High School at a glance

Located in Bromyard, Herefordshire, County of, Queen Elizabeth High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 432 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 39.7 — below the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 61% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Queen Elizabeth High School their first choice was offered one of its 84 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.8%. There are about 14.8 pupils per teacher. Queen Elizabeth High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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