Queen Elizabeth's School

Academy converter·Secondary school Wimborne, Dorset·BH21 4DT
Composite score
54.1
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#2,017
National rank
#203
In South West
#9
In Dorset
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
3.67

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

School profile

Age range
13–18
Pupils on roll
1,452
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
13.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
38.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,473
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
93%
387 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Queen Elizabeth's School is a secondary school serving Wimborne, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 1,452 pupils aged 13 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Queen Elizabeth's School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 43.3, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 1.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 13.3%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Queen Elizabeth's School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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