Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Free schools · Secondary school · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen

BB2 6DF

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

58.8

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#1,322

National rank

#154

In North West

In Blackburn with Darwen

Top 42%

Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score ?

47.0

National avg ≈ 46

Progress 8 score ?

—

Why no data?

% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths ?

37%

% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths ?

68%

% EBacc grade 5+ ?

15%

EBacc average points score

4.30

Attainment 8 (year-on-year) 46.7 → 47.0 ▲ 0.3 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 875 % FSM ever-6 20.8% % EAL 15.5% Age range 11–19 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby secondary schools

St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy Blackburn · 0.8 mi 63.5 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Blackburn · 0.8 mi 78.1 Witton Park Academy Blackburn · 1.0 mi 50.4 Pleckgate High School Blackburn · 1.1 mi 61.5 Blackburn Central High School Blackburn · 1.5 mi 51.2 St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn Blackburn · 1.8 mi 59.2 Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Blackburn · 1.9 mi 46.5 Darwen Vale High School Darwen · 2.7 mi 53.9