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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 66 65.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
65.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
90.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
36.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.15 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 65.1[6] 87.2%[6]
2023/24 63.2[4] 88.3%[4] +0.15[4]
2022/23 62.7[7] 87%[7] +0.13[7]
2021/22 62.9[8] 86%[8] -0.07[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 16.7%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 21.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 14.7%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 22.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
86% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
9% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[15] 82%[15] 0%[15] 13%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 80%[16] 0%[16] 13%[16] 3%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 91%[17] 1%[17] 8%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 88%[18] 0%[18] 9%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
51% 2022/23[19]
Education
54% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
30% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 47%[20] 55%[20] 4%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 53%[21] 60%[21] 3%[21] 31%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 50%[22] 61%[22] 4%[22] 18%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 45%[23] 60%[23] 5%[23] 26%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
66% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
27% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
32% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 77%[26] 40%[26]
2019/20 80%[25] 40%[25] 32%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 35%[27] 33%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 78%[28] 34%[28] 34%[28] 4%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Feb 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
27 Apr 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
535 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
220 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
180 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 519[30] 211[30] 179[30] 2.9[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2024 569[30] 231[30] 179[30] 3.2[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2023 498[30] 213[30] 178[30] 2.8[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2022 491[30] 204[30] 148[30] 3.3[30] 1.4[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1000[1]
Trust
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST FAVERSHAM[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk[1]
District
Swale[31]
Postcode
ME13 7BQ[1]
URN
136570[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1101 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
5.9% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
3.7% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
1.3% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8.3% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.9%[33]
Mixed
7.1%[33]
Asian
1%[33]
Black
3.1%[33]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[33]
Unclassified
1.4%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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